Omar Soliman

According to his website, he and his friend Nick Friedman began College Hunks Hauling Junk using an old cargo van, establishing the basis for their later moving and junk-removal business.⁠[1][2]

The University of Miami business school’s magazine identifies him as a 2004 Bachelor of Business Administration alumnus. That year, his business plan won the university’s entrepreneurship competition, developing junk removal into a replicable business proposition.⁠[3][1]

The company’s 2014 franchise disclosure document records that he opened its first College Hunks Hauling Junk outlet in Rockville, Maryland, in January 2005. Parent company Friedman and Soliman Enterprises was formed that March.⁠[4]

CHHJ Franchising was established, with Soliman as founder and chief executive. The franchise disclosure document distinguishes this legal entity from the earlier parent company and local operating location.⁠[4]

He and Friedman were selected for Inc.’s 30 Under 30 list. The magazine’s 2012 follow-up identifies them as 2008 honorees and reports their expansion into full-service moving.⁠[5]

He and Friedman appeared on the premiere of ABC’s Shark Tank, pitching the College Foxes Packing Boxes concept. The University of Miami’s contemporary magazine reports that they ultimately declined a $250,000 investment offer.⁠[3][6]

He coauthored Effortless Entrepreneur: Work Smart, Play Hard, Make Millions with Nick Friedman and Daylle Deanna Schwartz, discussing business development through defined services, operating processes and teams. The publisher lists a 272-page paperback, ISBN 9780307587992.⁠[7]

He was a co-executive producer of Beware of Mr. Baker, a documentary about drummer Ginger Baker. His website also dates the start of nationwide speaking engagements with Leading Authorities to 2012.⁠[6][1]

The franchise disclosure document lists him as Trash Butler’s founder and chief executive from its inception. The company provided doorstep collection of bagged waste for apartment and multifamily communities.⁠[4][8]

He was named in the original complaint in a College Hunks domain-name and trademark dispute filed in 2012. The court’s 2015 order explains that the amended defendants were corporate entities. It granted their summary-judgment motion on May 15 and entered final judgment for the defendants on May 28, dismissing the plaintiffs’ action with prejudice.⁠[9]

He and Friedman jointly received the Consumer Services category award in EY’s 2018 Florida Entrepreneur of the Year programme.⁠[10]

College HUNKS announced minority investments from Susquehanna Private Capital, David Barr and Shelly Sun, with the investors taking board roles. Soliman and Friedman remained co-founders and visionaries. The announcement did not disclose financial terms.⁠[11][12]

The eleventh-season premiere of CBS’s Undercover Boss featured College HUNKS. Soliman and Friedman undertook separate frontline assignments to examine the company’s operating foundations before further expansion.⁠[13]

He served as an executive producer of Bezos: The Beginning, a film about Amazon’s early years. Distributed by Vision Films, it reached digital platforms in the United States and Canada on January 24.⁠[6][14]

The International Franchise Association named him and Friedman its 2023 Entrepreneurs of the Year for developing their hauling business into a franchise brand. The announcement also noted the company’s hunger-relief programme and free moves for domestic-violence survivors.⁠[2]

George Mason University’s Costello College of Business listed him among its 2026 finalist judges, introducing his business and media experience as co-founder of College HUNKS and Trash Butler.⁠[8]

He and Friedman invested in golf lifestyle brand SWANG, founded by early College HUNKS employee Modi Oyewole. The company developed golf events, apparel and partnerships.⁠[15]

The company announced Eric Osborne’s addition to its franchise-development team. In the announcement, Soliman described efforts to strengthen franchise recruitment, marketing and operational support for disciplined expansion.⁠[16]

He appeared on the podcast of Babson College’s Tariq Farid Franchise Institute, discussing complementary co-founders, company culture, leadership conflict and using artificial intelligence to improve customer experience and operations.⁠[17]

School of Hard Knocks released an approximately 35-minute interview on growing from one truck into a franchise network, hiring, leadership and focus. The programme’s roughly $300 million annual-revenue figure refers to the franchise system, rather than his personal net worth.⁠[18]

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