Michael Brownstein, President of Browns Shoes, was born in Montreal in 1949. Michael attended the Talmud Torah and Wager High School. He graduated from McGill University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Commerce and joined the Browns team in 1973 after skiing professionally in Europe for three years. At that time Browns had 5 stores. Michael started expanding the stores across Canada in 1977.

In 1979, Michael married his beautiful wife, Therese. The same year their son David was born and in 1982 they were blessed with their daughter Julia.

For over 50 years Michael has been travelling to Europe 4 times a year on business. He enjoys skiing in the Alps and the beach in Tuscany.

Michael won the “Micam Award” in 1998 as the best buyer of Italian shoes in the world. In 2016 he was Honorary Chair of “CAFA” for Canadian Arts and Fashion.

For over 20 years, Michael has been proudly working together with his children.

Browns is recognized as the leading independent shoe retailer in North America. Browns culture has always been to give back to the community. 10% of Browns profits are donated to charity.

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