Dartmouth Events

Stuart A. Weitzman, Founder and Designer, Stuart Weitzman

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

Monday, February 17, 2020

4:30PM – 6:00PM

Silsby 028

Co-sponsored by the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth, the Tuck Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Tuck Visiting Executive Program.

Registration required at 20w-e-shipspeakerseries-weitzman.eventbrite.com

Stuart A. Weitzman

It can certainly be said that Stuart Weitzman’s passion for design has been a lifelong pursuit: he began working at his father’s Massachusetts shoe factory while still in college. After graduating from university, Weitzman applied himself to the industry with laserlike focus, eventually building the globally-renowned company that bears his name. He has been honored with numerous awards from the footwear, bridal, advertising, and business communities for his work in the world of fashion and entrepreneurship.

Today, his shoes dominate the red carpet events and are worn by loyal celebrity fans like Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Gigi and Bella Hadid, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, and by millions of women who buy them in over 70 countries around the world. 

Weitzman approaches his other endeavors with equal commitment.  He shares his time with his wife Jane and their two daughters and is personally involved in philanthropic causes close to his heart.  Among these is his mentoring students on their entrepreneurial aspirations at several universities, including University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale, and the London Business School.   Weitzman is a graduate of Penn’s Wharton School of Business and in 2019 the university honored him by renaming their design school the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.