Ira Neimark was an American author, lecturer, and retail executive who served as Chairman and CEO of Bergdorf Goodman from 1975 to 1992.
10 Facts About Ira Neimark
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Ira Neimark attended Erasmus Hall in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, but did not receive his diploma until after the end of World War II, in 1945.
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Ira Neimark's graduation was delayed due to working and to enlisting in 1942 in the US Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet.
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Ira Neimark served in Saipan with the 20th Air Force, 498 squadron.
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Ira Neimark set out to transform the store from "old, dull, expensive, and intimidating" to "young, exciting, expensive, and intimidating".
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Ira Neimark embarked on strategy to bring top designers from around the world into an exclusive arrangement with Bergdorf Goodman.
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Ira Neimark took the company from $18 million in sales in 1975 to $250 million in sales by 1992.
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Ira Neimark was a Director Emeritus of Hermes of Paris and formerly a director of The Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation.
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Ira Neimark died on April 18,2019, at his home in Harrison, New York.
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Ira Neimark wrote four books about his experiences as a successful luxury retail executive: Crossing Fifth Avenue to Bergdorf Goodman, The Rise of Fashion, A Retailer's Lifetime of Lessons Learned, and The Rise of Bergdorf Goodman and the Fall of Bonwit Teller.