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NORDSTROM, John E. (John Nordstrom, John Nordstrom, II) PERSONAL. Education: Attended the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop. Addresses: Agent—The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, 4111 West Alameda Ave., Suite 509, Burbank, CA 91505. Career: Composer.
Apr 13, 2023 · John W. Nordstrom, a Swedish immigrant who arrived in the US in the late 1800s and headed to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, founded Nordstrom. He made $13,000, which he used to open a...
Oct 23, 2019 · John W. Nordstrom via Nordstrom. “If we are going to be the best business of our kind in the world, we’ve got to be in New York,” the 86-year-old family patriarch, Bruce Nordstrom, said...
John E. Nordstrom was born in Ottawa, ON, Canada, in 1970. He received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, in 1997 and the M.Sc. degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 2004.
In 1887, John W. Nordstrom, at 16 years old, left Sweden for the United States. He arrived in New York with $5 in his pocket, unable to speak a word of English. The young immigrant labored in mines and logging camps as he crossed the country to California and Washington.
The Seattle-based department store began as a small shoe store co-founded by Swedish immigrant John W.Nordstrom (1871-1963) in 1901. John W. Nordstrom endured many hardships before becoming a successful shoe retailer in the early 20th century.
John W. Nordstrom (born Johan Wilhelm Nordström, Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjuːhɑn ˈvɪlːhɛlm ˈnuːr(d)strœm]; February 15, 1871 – October 11, 1963) was a Swedish American businessman who was the co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain.
