Michael Medline

Michael Bennett Medline (born July 4, 1963) is a Canadian businessman. In January 2017, Medline was named president and CEO of Empire Company Limited, a Canadian company whose core businesses includes food retailing, conducted through wholly owned Sobeys Inc., and related real estate.

Michael Medline
Born (1963-07-04) July 4, 1963
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Education
Occupationbusinessman, philanthropist

Medline is also known as the former president and chief executive officer of Canadian Tire Corporation. Medline was named president of Canadian Tire in November 2013, and succeeded [1] Stephen Wetmore as CEO of Canadian Tire Corp. in December 2014. Previously, Medline was responsible for many of the company’s biggest acquisitions, including Mark's in February 2002,[2] the Forzani Group in August 2011,[3] and the acquisition of Pro Hockey Life [4] in August 2013. On July 13, 2016, it was announced the board of directors voted to remove Medline, bringing back former CEO Stephen Wetmore.

Background

Medline was born in Toronto, and attended Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Medline received an MBA from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and an LL.B. from the University of Toronto.

Other positions

Medline is the chairman of the board for the Retail Council of Canada, and is a board member at SickKids Foundation. Medline is also a member of the board of governors of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and has been the honorary chair of the organization’s annual induction celebrations since 2015.

gollark: Not allowing companies to know if people have degrees or not might not-too-ironically be a good idea for improving the situation.
gollark: I thought it was just a joke.
gollark: Wait, was underwater basket weaving actually a thing?
gollark: A lot of things companies want college degrees for apparently don't particularly need them. So just ban companies from discriminating based on degrees!
gollark: They're not just going to randomly lower prices as long as the incentives exist for them to not do that.

References
  1. "Michael Medline Appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Tire Corporation; Stephen Wetmore... -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2014". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  2. "Canadian Tire buys Mark's Work Wearhouse for $116 million - Business - CBC News". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  3. "Canadian Tire buys Sport Chek, Athletes World owner - Business - The Guardian". theguardian.pe.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  4. "FGL Sports Completes Acquisition of Pro Hockey Life -- TORONTO and MONTREAL, Aug. 12, 2013". newswire.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
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