Biographie
Nick Friedman is a renowned entrepreneur, movie & TV producer, best-selling author, speaker, actor and TV personality. He is best known as the Co-Founder of the award-winning franchise 'College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving,' which has over 200 franchises worldwide and does over $300M annual sales. Nick started with a beat-up cargo van during the summer before his senior year of college along with his friend from high school Omar Soliman. Nick published the best-selling book 'Effortless Entrepreneur' (Random House, 2010), and also Co-Produced the award-winning Netflix documentary, 'Beware of Mr. Baker' (2012). More recently Nick executive produced and acted in two biopic movies - one about Jeff Bezos entitled 'Bezos The Beginning,' and one about Elon Musk entitled Musk. He is also a 2X Emmy Award-winning producer for the short-form documentary Hunks vs. The Hurricanes, about his company’s role in the hurricane cleanup. The Mayor of Tampa presented him with the Key to the City for these efforts.
Nick has also appeared on numerous unscripted reality television programs, including the very first episode of ABC's Shark Tank, Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker, AMC's The Pitch, HGTV's House Hunters, CNBC's Bluecollar Millionaires, and CBS's Undercover Boss. His company has made appearances on several other television programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, A&E's Hoarders and TLC's Hoarding.
In his early career, he was named among the Top 30 Entrepreneurs in America Under 30 by INC Magazine and was on the same list as Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Michael Dell in a Newsweek article entitled "College Kid to Millionaire". Nick is a three-time Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist, and he won the prestigious award in 2018 as well as the 2024 International Franchise Association Entrepreneur of the Year. Nick continues to be an active Board Member of the Young Presidents Organization of Florida (YPO).
In terms of charitable involvement, Nick launched an innovative solution that provides free moves for Survivors of Domestic Violence, and has completed over 200 free moves since the program began. His company also donates 2 meals for every completed job to US Hunger, having donated over 6 Million meals since launching the program.
