Brian Hill is a Canadian businessman, co-founder, and former Executive Chair of the global fashion retailer Aritzia (TSX: ATZ). His background is deeply rooted in Canadian retail: he was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and worked throughout his adolescence in his father's store, Hills of Kerrisdale (a Canadian luxury retailer). This hands-on experience provided him with a third-generation apprenticeship in the nuances of the retail business, learning from his father and uncle, Forbes Hill.

His education was marked by struggle and eventual focus: he initially flunked out of the Bachelor of Commerce program at Queen's University due to poor grades. However, he persevered, switched majors, and graduated from Queen's faculty of Economics. This experience of failure and resilience was crucial, driving his ambition to identify a niche gap in the women's apparel market.

In 1984, Brian Hill, along with his brother Ross, opened the first Aritzia boutique store in a Vancouver shopping mall. His vision was to fill a niche market gap: offering high-quality clothing with affordable price points, positioning the brand somewhere between luxury and trendy fast-fashion—a concept Aritzia now calls 'Everyday Luxury'.

Under Hill’s leadership, Aritzia's business model focused on vertical integration by designing and producing its own highly popular in-house brands (including Wilfred, TNA, and Babaton), which generate 80 percent of the company's sales. The company expanded nationally across Canada and made a major foray into the United States in 2005. Aritzia's commitment to aspirational store spaces and exceptional customer service drove rapid growth, resulting in a successful IPO and a multi-billion dollar market capitalization. Hill transitioned from CEO to Executive Chair in 2022, securing his legacy as a retail visionary who successfully built an international, woman-led company (85 percent of employees identify as women).

Brian Hill's philanthropy is heavily focused on women's and children's welfare in the Vancouver area. In 2007, his wife, Andrea Thomas Hill, founded the organization Cause We Care, a foundation dedicated to providing support to single mothers struggling to provide for their children, which Aritzia actively sponsors.

Aritzia, through its Aritzia Community initiatives, has contributed over $50 million in product donations, financial support, and volunteer hours to non-profits, positively impacting thousands of people. His company's commitment to being a woman-led organization (85 percent of employees are women) is a massive structural contribution to gender equality in the corporate world.

Brian Hill maintains the polished, contemporary style of a Vancouver retail executive. His attire is consistently modern, elegant, and often features refined pieces from his own Aritzia brands. His aesthetic is one of confident creativity and sophistication, perfectly aligned with the 'Everyday Luxury' brand identity he cultivated.

Residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, his luxury is the security and immense wealth derived from his multi-billion dollar, publicly traded retail empire. His life is defined by his passion for retail excellence, design, and high-impact civic philanthropy in his home city, commanding a brand that influences fashion trends across North America.