Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> August 20, 2001

Bart Brown Jr. – Main Street And Main Incorporated (main)

BART A. BROWN, JR. has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Main Street and Main Incorporated since December 1996. Mr. Brown was affiliated with Investcorp International, N.A. , an international investment banking firm, from April 1996 until December 1996. Mr. Brown served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Color Tile, Inc. from September 1995 until March 1996. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Circle K Corporation from June 1990, shortly after that company filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, until September 1995, when the company successfully emerged from bankruptcy. Concurrently, Mr. Brown served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spreckles Industries, Inc. from September 1994 until September 1996. Mr. Brown was engaged in the private practice of law from 1963 through 1990 after seven years of employment with the Internal Revenue Service. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and

an overview of the company as it is now?

Mr. Brown: Main Street started out in 1991 as a franchisee of T.G.I.

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