Charles F. Stewart
December 29, 1969
American
Businessman
CEO of Sotheby's
Caterina Heil Stewart
Matteo Stewart, Charlotte Stewart, Chloe Stewart
Early life and education[edit]
Stewart majored in history and received a bachelor's degree from Yale University. He went into investment banking after graduation upon seeing a former classmate working at an investment company with financial relationships in Brazil.[1]
Career[edit]
In 1996, Stewart helped to open Morgan Stanley’s first Latin American office in Brazil. Stewart was involved with the international IPO of Unibanco and the privatization of Telebras during the 19 years he worked at Morgan Stanley.[2]
On June 24, 2013, Stewart was appointed chief executive officer of Itaú BBA International, the corporate investment bank of the Itaú Unibanco group.[3]
In 2015, Stewart was named co-president and chief financial officer of Altice USA after Patrick Drahi closed a $9.1 billion deal to acquire 70% of St. Louis-based cable operator Suddenlink.[4] Stewart oversaw Altice’s initial public offering, raising $1.9 billion for the company.[5]
In 2019, Stewart became the chief executive officer for Sotheby’s, another Drahi owned company.[6]
Stewart serves on the Prep for Prep's board of trustees[7] and the Coalition for College's board of directors.[8]