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Dec 6, 1985 · RICHMOND, Va. -- Samuel Wurtzel, who founded a small television store and turned it into one of the nation's largest electronics retailers, died at his home in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He was 78. He was 78.
Circuit City was founded by Samuel S. Wurtzel, an importer-exporter who owned a business in New York. Wurtzel had sold his business and was vacationing in Richmond, Virginia, in 1949 when he went to get a haircut and, while chatting with the barber, learned that the first commercial television station in the South would shortly go on the air in ...
Dec 7, 1985 · Mr. Wurtzel was born in Sea Bright, N.J. In 1949 he moved to Richmond and founded the Wards Company. He developed that store into Circuit City Stores, a chain with more than 100 outlets. He was ...
Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., is an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s. [2][3] After multiple purchases and a successful run on ...
Circuit City was founded by Samuel S. Wurtzel, an importer-exporter who owned a business in New York. Wurtzel had sold his business and was vacationing in Richmond, Virginia in 1949 when he went to get a haircut and, while chatting with the barber, learned that the first commercial television station in the South would shortly go on the air in ...
Samuel Wurtzel died in 1985. Alan L. Wurtzel, the older son, was born in Mount Vernon, New York, September 23, 1933. He received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College in 1955. He did postgraduate work at the London School of Economics from 1955 to 1956. Alan earned his law degree from Yale University in 1959, graduating with honors.
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May 29, 2018 · In 1949, when Samuel Wurtzel opened Ward's — Richmond, Virginia's first retail television store — his goal was to provide the community with a new technology that would change the face of consumer electronics forever. More than 50 years, over 600 stores and several name changes later, the technology continues to change, but Circuit City's commitment to our customers remains strong.
