Tiffany and Company, a small "stationery and…

Tiffany and Company, a small "stationery and fancy goods emporium," is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and a school friend, John B. “Teddy” Young, in 1837.

Their first three days in business bring them only $4.38 in total sales, but two years later they will still be in business, selling glassware, porcelain, cutlery, clocks and jewelry.

At his death in Yonkers, New York on February 18, 1902, at the age of ninety, Charles Tiffany's company will be capitalized at more than two million dollars and acknowledged as the most prominent jewelry company in North America.

Tiffany & Co. has since opened stores in major cities all over the world.