A Milestone Celebrating Leadership, Vision, and the Team Behind Shades By Design
Shades By Design is proud to announce that CEO Gil Breef has been named a 2026 Miami Titan 100 honoree, joining the inaugural class of 100 CEOs and C-level executives recognized for leadership, vision, passion, and influence across South Florida’s business community.
For Shades By Design, this recognition represents more than an individual achievement. It reflects years of growth, collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to delivering highly customized solutions for residential, commercial, hospitality, and design-industry clients.
Recognizing Miami’s Business Leaders
The Titan 100 recognizes accomplished executives who are making a meaningful impact within their industries and communities. The inaugural 2026 Miami class represents a significant cross-section of South Florida’s business leadership.
Collectively, the companies represented by the honorees generate more than $44 billion in annual revenue and employ more than 170,000 people, highlighting the scale and influence of this group.
Being selected as part of this inaugural class places Gil among a distinguished group of leaders helping shape Miami’s rapidly evolving business landscape.
Building Shades By Design
Under Gil’s leadership, Shades By Design has grown into a provider of sophisticated custom window treatments, motorized shading systems, and outdoor living solutions for projects throughout Florida, New York, and the Caribbean.
The company’s work brings together design, engineering, technology, and execution, collaborating closely with homeowners, architects, interior designers, developers, and general contractors to create solutions tailored to each project.
That approach is also reflected throughout the Shades By Design portfolio today. The company provides an extensive range of indoor and outdoor solutions, including custom shades, blinds, shutters, drapery, motorized systems, pergolas, exterior screens, awnings, integrated roof systems, and automation. Its work spans residential, commercial, hospitality, and trade-only projects.
From modern homes requiring seamless automation to hotels, restaurants, offices, healthcare environments, and luxury outdoor spaces, the focus remains the same: finding the right balance between functionality, technology, comfort, and design.
A Recognition Shared With the Entire Team
For Gil, being named a Miami Titan 100 honoree is also an opportunity to recognize the people behind the growth of Shades By Design.
“I’m honored to be included in the inaugural Miami Titan 100. Building Shades By Design has always been a team effort.”
He also credits the company’s employees, clients, and professional partners for the trust and collaboration that have helped Shades By Design continue to evolve.
That team-oriented philosophy is particularly meaningful for a company whose projects depend on close coordination between designers, technical specialists, installers, construction professionals, and clients.
Where Design Meets Innovation
Shades By Design has built its position around more than the products themselves.
The company helps clients navigate decisions involving materials, fabrics, automation, outdoor systems, architectural integration, energy efficiency, and installation—whether the project involves one private residence or a large-scale commercial environment.
Its current offering emphasizes customized indoor and outdoor experiences, including motorized solutions from established automation platforms as well as shading, drapery, pergola, screen, and outdoor-living systems.
This combination of design knowledge and technical execution has allowed Shades By Design to serve homeowners while also becoming a resource for architects, designers, contractors, property managers, and other trade professionals.
Looking Ahead
The 2026 Miami Titan 100 Awards will be held on November 19, 2026, at the Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami, bringing together all 100 honorees for an evening celebrating leadership and Miami’s business community.
For Shades By Design, the recognition marks an important moment—but also represents another step in the company’s continued growth.
As the business moves forward, its focus remains on creating elevated indoor and outdoor environments through thoughtful design, advanced technology, customized solutions, and the level of execution its clients and professional partners have come to expect.
Congratulations to Gil Breef, the 2026 Miami Titan 100 honorees, and the entire Shades By Design team on this achievement.
Leadership. Vision. Impact.
Shades By Design
