Background
Gunn grew up in Montreal and Kingston.
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Steven Gunn
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He completed an honours Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Queen"s University and an Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business (1981).
Career
As of June 2013, the company has 201 stores across Canada and 43 stores in the United States (Sleep America). After university he joined McKinsey & Company as a Management Consultant (1981–1987). In 1987, he co-founded and was the President of Kenrick Capital, a private equity business.
In October 1994, he co-founded Sleep Country Canada with Christine Magee and Gordon Lownds.
He is currently on the board of directors for Dollarama, Cara Operations and Golf Town.
Achievements
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1998- Financial Post named him and Christine Magee the Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year, Retail/Wholesale 2003- Inducted into the Canadian Retail Hall of Fame, Retail Council of Canada 2004- Inducted into the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends 2006- Recipient of CIRAS Henry Singer Award for exceptional leadership in the retailing and services sectors.
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Awards
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1998- Financial Post named him and Christine Magee the Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year, Retail/Wholesale 2003- Inducted into the Canadian Retail Hall of Fame, Retail Council of Canada 2004- Inducted into the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends 2006- Recipient of CIRAS Henry Singer Award for exceptional leadership in the retailing and services sectors1998- Financial Post named him and Christine Magee the Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year, Retail/Wholesale 2003- Inducted into the Canadian Retail Hall of Fame, Retail Council of Canada 2004- Inducted into the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends 2006- Recipient of CIRAS Henry Singer Award for exceptional leadership in the retailing and services sectors