title: Ira Neimark
text: Ira Neimark (December 12, 1921 – April 18, 2019) was an American author, lecturer, and retail executive. He was Chairman and CEO of Bergdorf Goodman from 1975 to 1992. His reintroduction of French couture to New York with Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, and Christian Dior created a period of growth for Bergdorf Goodman, which went from $18 million in sales in 1975 to $250 million in sales by 1992.
  
  Neimark died on April 18, 2019, at his home in Harrison, New York at the age of 97.
  
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  1921 births
  2019 deaths
  Educators from New York City
  Writers from New York City
  Businesspeople from New York City