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Alexander Turney Stewart (October 12, 1803 – April 10, 1876) was an American entrepreneur who moved to New York and made his multimillion-dollar fortune in the most extensive and lucrative dry goods store in the world.
Sep 14, 2010 · Learn about the Irish immigrant who opened the first department store in New York City in 1848 and became a wealthy and influential businessman. Discover his innovations in retail, fashion, and philanthropy, as well as his mysterious death and burial.
Alexander Turney Stewart (born Oct. 12, 1803, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ire.—died April 10, 1876, New York City) was an American textile merchant whose dry-goods store grew into a giant wholesale and retail business. Stewart came to New York City from Ireland as an adolescent.
A biography of a merchant entrepreneur and community planner in America, born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, in 1803. Learn about his career, his philanthropy, his Garden City project and his mysterious death.
Alexander Turney Stewart was a highly successful 19th century Irish-American entrepreneur, a leading retail dry-goods businessman in the USA. Born in Ireland, he moved to the USA as a young man. Considered to be a business genius, he started his business with department stores.
Alexander Turney Stewart’s biography unfolds as a classic American success story, charting his rise from a humble beginning in Lisburn, Ireland, in 1803, to becoming one of the most influential and wealthy merchants in New York City.
May 14, 2018 · In the mid-19th century Alexander Turney Stewart (1803-1876) was America's leading retail dry-goods merchant and an outstanding dry-goods wholesaler. His innovations in merchandising profoundly affected American retail trade.
