Omar Soliman

Omar Soliman (born May 10, 1982) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded College Hunks Hauling Junk, a national junk hauling and moving franchise headquartered in Tampa, Florida. and the co-executive producer of the 2012 documentary Beware of Mr. Baker, and the executive producer of the 2022 feature film Bezos: The Beginning.

Early life and education

Soliman was born and raised in Washington D.C. He started his marketing, sales, and deliveries career at the age of ten, assisting his mother in her furniture shop. and went on to attend business school at the University of Miami where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2004. a business plan competition. His business plan won first place and an accompanying award of $10,000. A year after graduation, he became a member of the advisory board of Marsh & McLenan,

In 2009, at the age of 27, Soliman was named to the 30 Under 30 List by Inc. Magazine.

Soliman was the co-executive producer of the 2012 documentary Beware of Mr. Baker. He was nominated by Ernst & Young for the Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2011.

Television appearances In 2009, Soliman appeared on the series premier of ABC's television show Shark Tank to pitch a sister concept called College Foxes Packing Boxes. Soliman and Friedman turned down the Sharks offer of $250,000 for a 10% stake in their existing College Hunks business. Soliman turned down the offer received from the Sharks as under the terms of the offer, he and Friedman would have had to turn over partial control of the business.

Soliman appeared on a season premier of the Bravo show Millionaire Matchmaker. He also appeared on AMC's The Pitch in 2013 and on MTV's Jobs That Don't Suck in 2014. He was also on the series premier of CNBC's Blue Collar Millionaires in July 2015.

Soliman has been a guest on the Fox Business Network and MSNBC speaking on the topics of business and entrepreneurship.

Filmography