founded toronto ontario canada 2008 founders david segal herschel segal headquarters montreal quebec canada products loose leaf tea website www.davidstea.com davidstea often stylized as davidstea in french les th s davidstea is a canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in montreal quebec . 1 it is the largest canadian based specialty tea boutique in the country and competes directly with teavana in many markets . following the company s initial public offering common stock began trading on the nasdaq global market on june 5 2015 . contents 1 history 2 management 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2008 david segal and his cousin herschel segal founded davidstea in montreal and opened its first store on queen street in toronto the same year 1 followed by its first montreal store in 2009 . 2 in 2010 it had stores located across canada opening its 50th store in waterloo ontario in 2011 . in november that same year it opened its first store outside of canada in new york . fed by a growing tea boutique industry 3 by 2012 it had expanded to more than 75 stores across canada and the united states . since its inception davidstea offers over 150 varieties of teas numerous tea accessories and seasonal offerings . 4 the company conducted an initial public offering in the united states in june 2015 the proposed nasdaq stock symbol being dtea . 5 6 in 2013 former talkshow host oprah winfrey surprised the small company by promoting the brand 7 in live shows and later in o magazine . in march 2016 co founder david segal resigned from davidstea . 8 management edit sylvain toutant president chief executive officer and director luis borgen chief financial officer isabelle gris chief marketing officer howard tafler chief accounting officer marc macdonald chief hr officer edmund noonan head of real estate references edit a b davidstea about us jasmine budak jun 8 2011 . steeped in success . canadian business . from starbucks to davidstea why big business is betting on tea the current with anna maria tremonti cbc radio the davidstea experience . davidstea . retrieved 2016 01 19 . schultz clark june 5 2015 . davidstea pops on ipo open . seeking alpha . schultz clark april 7 2015 . david s tea files for u.s. ipo . seeking alpha . montreal tea company gets plug from oprah montreal globalnews.ca http business.financialpost.com news retail marketing davidstea co founder namesake david segal resigns as chains brand ambassador external links edit official site this retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title davidstea & oldid 741219901 categories retail company stubscompanies based in montrealdrink companies of canadatea companiescompanies established in 20082008 establishments in quebeccompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 03 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view