Brian Scudamore is the Founder & CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a Vancouver-based franchisor dubbed one of the fastest growing companies in North America.

Brian started the company at the age of 18, and later went on to franchise 1-800-GOT-JUNK? as a way to expand operations rapidly across North America. After several years of hypergrowth, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? now has over 300 locations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

A leading entrepreneur, Brian has received wide recognition in the North American media and business community. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has been featured in over 3,000 news stories, including articles in Fortune Magazine, CNN, Business Week, and The Wall Street Journal. Crowning media achievements include an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2003, and repeated appearances on the Dr. Phil and Rachael Ray shows. Brian also contributes a monthly column to PROFIT Magazine.

In 2004, Brian was inducted into the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and served as a board member for the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (YEO). Recently Brian was very honored to have been named the 2007 International Franchise Association’s Entrepreneur of the Year. He has also been recognized with a Fortune Small Business Best Bosses Award; been named a finalist in the past five years for Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award; and ranked in the Globe & Mail's 40 Under 40. For the past three years, BC Business Magazine’s Best Company To Work For ranked 1-800-GOT-JUNK? in the top two, and for two of those three years, the company held the number one spot! 1-800-GOT-JUNK? was most recently honored as the second best workplace in Canada by Great Place to Work^® Institute Canada, a list featured in Canadian Business magazine.

As a public speaker, Brian enjoys engaging both large audiences and small groups. He was a featured speaker at the Fortune Small Business Magazine national conference in 2004. A strong believer in personal and professional development, Brian graduated from MIT's four-year Birthing of Giants program, and subsequently completed three years of MIT’s BOG’s alumni program, Gathering of Titans. He has also taken part in the first of a nine-year executive education program at Harvard University through YPO Presidents’ University.