Steven K. Conine (born 1972/73) is an American businessman, and the co-chairman and co-founder (with

Niraj Shah Niraj S. Shah ( hi, नीरज शाह) (born 1973/1974) is an Indian-American billionaire businessman, and co-founder, co-chairman, and CEO of online retailer Wayfair. Early life Shah grew up in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the son of immigr ...

) of the online retailer

Wayfair Wayfair Inc. is an American e-commerce company based in Boston, Massachusetts that sells furniture and home goods online. Formerly known as CSN Stores, it was founded in 2002, and currently offers 14 million items from more than 11,000 global s ...

Early life

Raised in the New Vernon section of

Harding Township, New Jersey Harding Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in the Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan area. The township was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on Sep ...

, Conine spent some time during his teens working at a pair of outdoor furniture stores his mother operated. Conine graduated from

Delbarton School Delbarton School is a private all-male Catholic Church, Catholic college-preparatory school in Morristown, New Jersey for young men in seventh grade, seventh through twelfth grades. It is an independent school directed by the Benedictine monks ...

in 1991. He went on to attend

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, where he earned a bachelor's degree in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

in 1995.

Career

Conine co-founded Wayfair in 2002, and is the co-chairman of the board. In May 2017, Wayfair's share price rose above $70 per share, making Conine and his co-founder

both billionaires. As of 2019, each had an estimated net worth of $2.3 billion.

Personal life

Conine is married to Alexi, they have three children and live in Boston, Massachusetts. They have a holiday home in

Jackson Hole Jackson Hole (originally called Jackson's Hole by mountain men) is a valley between the Gros Ventre and Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County, one of the richest counties in the Unite ...

, Wyoming.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conine, Steve Living people Cornell University alumni American company founders American billionaires 1970s births People from Boston People from Harding Township, New Jersey Delbarton School alumni