Born on July 29, 1949, Stuart A. Weitzman  is an American shoe designer, entrepreneur and founder of the shoe company, Stuart Weitzman. He has designed footwear for Beyoncé and Taylor Swift.[He paid a world record $9.48 million for the British Guiana 1c magenta stamp in 2014. ByMay 2017, Stuart Weitzman Holdings, LLC, appointed Giovanni Morelli as Creative Director and Weitzman stepped down from his role.