Michael Yount

Michael’s first visit to New York City was a spring break trip in his sophomore year of college, and one long view from the airplane window left him smitten. He knew he was destined to live here. It took almost 2 decades for that to become a reality, but frequent business trips to NYC and moves to other large cities during those years only reinforced his passion for New York. A bachelor’s degree in interior design and a “first job” in the design studio of a department store exposed him to the world of buying and merchandising which he took to naturally.

He quickly moved thru the ranks of management at some of the best stores in the US before landing a corporate product development position at Marshall Field & Company in Chicago – a dream job for someone who loved luxury products as much as he liked to travel the world. The years that followed MF & Co. were spent planning and opening a 4-unit men’s specialty shop in Boston, a stint at Abercrombie & Fitch, Speedo, and a boutique design firm in Soho in Manhattan.