Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) is a U.S. jewelry and silverware company founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City in 1837. The store initially sold a wide variety of stationery items, and operated as Tiffany, Young and Ellis in lower Manhattan. Within a few decades... the name was shortened to Tiffany & Co, and the firm's emphasis on jewelry was established.[1] Tiffany & Co has since opened stores in major cities all over the world.