Esther Fortunoff-Greene

Esther Fortunoff-Greene

Chief Executive Officer, Fortunoff Fine Jewelry

Fortunoff Fine Jewelry CEO Esther Fortunoff-Greene began her 40-year career working in her family’s chain of stores in the New York tri- state area. Fortunoff, “The Source,” was one of America’s most successful privately held family department stores, founded a century ago in Brooklyn by her grandparents, Max and Clara.

Fortunoff-Greene was instrumental in transforming Fortunoff into a go-to store for millions of discerning shoppers. She worked in various capacities alongside her parents, overseeing the jewelry business. As chief jewelry merchant, she made numerous trips to the diamond cutting centers of Antwerp, Belgium, Mumbai, India, and Tel Aviv, Israel, as well as Italy, Thailand and Hong Kong.

After the sale of the business in 2005 and subsequent exit of the brick-and-mortar locations in 2009, Fortunoff-Greene relaunched Fortunoffjewelry.com in 2010 with a seasoned staff to help with online purchases and special requests. The website has thousands of items of fine jewelry gifts. She and her team create jewelry designs and manufacture proprietary jewelry collections. She works with clients to design custom items or re-style older pieces. She is passionate about working with women designers and professionals as much as possible.

An active member of the community, Fortunoff-Greene is a board member of the Long Island Association. She has a long involvement with The Safe Center LI, which works with victims of interpersonal violence and child abuse. She is an executive in residence at the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University and an honorary board member of The Fortunoff Video Archive of Holocaust Testimony at Yale University.

 

This profile is part of LIBN's Influencers: Dynamic Women Leaders list . Information used in this profile was sourced from the honoree.

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