Michael Audain

Michael James Audain is a fifth-generation British Columbian, home builder, arts philanthropist and art collector. He is the chairman and major shareholder of the privately held Polygon Homes Ltd., one of the largest multi-family builders in British Columbia. Audain was born to James Guy Payne Audain and Madeline Marie Stulik in Bournemouth in Dorset, England. The couple were living near Yeovil in Somerset. His father was a retired British Army officer, while his mother had a career as a London dress model.