Michael J. Kowalski
Chairman | Tiffany & Co.
Speaker
Michael J. Kowalski is chairman of the board and interim-chief executive officer of Tiffany & Co., the internationally renowned jeweller and global house of luxury and also a sustainability leader within its sector. He was appointed president of Tiffany & Co. in January 1996, assumed the role of chief executive officer in February 1999 and was appointed chairman in January 2003.
He became president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation with its establishment in 2000 and held the position until 2006, when he became a board member.
Kowalski serves as a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, as Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Penn Museum, as a board member of the Conservation Lands Foundation, and as Chairman of the Caribbean Board of Trustees of the Nature Conservancy.
Kowalski earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University.
