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

Niraj Shah Niraj S. Shah (born 1973/1974) is an American businessman, and co-founder, co-chairman, and CEO of online retailer Wayfair. Early life Shah grew up in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the son of immigrants from India. His g ...

) of the online retailer

Wayfair Wayfair Inc. is an American e-commerce company based in Boston, 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 gl ...

Early life

Raised in the New Vernon section of

Harding Township, New Jersey Harding Township is a Township (New Jersey), township in Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located in the Passaic River, Passaic Valley region within the New York metropolitan area. The township was ...

, Conine spent some time during his teens working at a pair of outdoor furniture stores his mother operated. Conine graduated from Delbarton School in 1991. He went on to attend

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

, where he earned a bachelor's degree in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

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 Range, Gros Ventre and Teton Range, Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County, Wyoming, T ...

, Wyoming.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conine, Steve Living people Cornell University alumni American online retailer founders American billionaires 1970s births Businesspeople from Boston People from Harding Township, New Jersey Delbarton School alumni 21st-century American businesspeople American chairpersons of corporations Businesspeople from Morris County, New Jersey