Background
Larry Rosen was born in Toronto, eldest son of Harry Rosen, founder of Harry Rosen Incorporated., and Evelyn Rosen. As a teenager, Larry Rosen worked in his father"s stores as a sales associate.
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Larry Rosen was born in Toronto, eldest son of Harry Rosen, founder of Harry Rosen Incorporated., and Evelyn Rosen. As a teenager, Larry Rosen worked in his father"s stores as a sales associate.
He completed a Bachelor in economics from the University of Toronto, and continued his studies at the University of Western Ontario, earning a joint Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Laws in 1982.
Rosen briefly practised corporate law before joining the family company in 1985. Larry Rosen joined Harry Rosen Incorporated. as a buyer in 1985. He occupied several management roles in operations and buying before his appointment as president and Chief Executive Officer in 1997.
As president of the company, he spearheaded expansion plans for the chain, totalling 16 stores in eight major Canadian markets.
Rosen was named Chief Executive Officer in 2000, and has led the family-owned company to considerable success, including increased sales of over $300 million per year. The company celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2014.
As part of the celebration, the company announced a major expansion plan totalling $100 million to update and enlarge many of their current stores, ahead of the expansion of American retailers into the Canadian market. In 2014, Harry Rosen, Incorporated. sponsored the first Golf to Conquer Cancer event in support of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
The single-day event raised over $800,000.
As a board member for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, Rosen also started the annual Harry"s Spring Run Office event in 2005 as a fundraiser for cancer research. The event runs each year and has raised over $3 million to date.
Harry Rosen Incorporated. was named one of Canada"s Top 50 Best Managed Companies in 2007. Larry Rosen was awarded 2014"s Distinguished Retailer of the Year by the Retail Council of Canada, a committee of peers in the Canadian retail industry. Also in 2014, the company was named one of the 10 Most Influential Stores in Menswear by Magnetic Resonance Magazine, a trade publication.
