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title: "Top 50 Franchise Leaders of 2018"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ca00688e-9f16-41c1-b71b-8778c62f1307
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/top-50-franchise-leaders-of-2018-2707294
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
published: 2018-08-08T17:12:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:24.123Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7de1ec09998edf3051d54113d2b5b9c24929.jpg
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# Top 50 Franchise Leaders of 2018

**TL;DR:** Franchise Business Review surveyed 27,000 franchise owners to identify the Top 50 Franchise Leaders for 2018. The list includes leaders from various brands, including FASTSIGNS, HomeVestors, and Kona Ice.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-08. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/top-50-franchise-leaders-of-2018-2707294).*

## Story

Leadership, core values, company culture and community are just some of the critical, but often overlooked, aspects of a business to consider when investing in a franchise. Making sure that the core values and company culture align to your own is paramount to finding the right franchise.

Franchise Business Review surveyed 27,000 franchise owners across 300 brands on over 30 benchmark questions to ask about their satisfaction in key areas, including leadership, identify the Top 50 Franchise Leaders for 2018.

Franchise Business Review interviewed a few of the leaders that made this year’s list to ask them why they believe their franchisees rank them so highly, what inspires them as a leader, and what they look for in a franchisee, among other things. See what they had to say:

Michael Miller Co-Founder and Chairman, Brightway Insurance

Brad Reed CDO, Captain Reed’s

Becky Bongiovanni COO, CarePatrol

Joe Hart President & CEO, Dale Carnegie

Catherine Monson CEO, FASTSIGNS

David Hicks Co-President, HomeVestors of America

Kathleen Kuhn President, HouseMaster

Tony Lamb Founder & CEO, Kona Ice

Todd Hopkins President, Office Pride

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- leadership (topic)
- company culture (topic)
- FASTSIGNS (company)
- Office Pride (company)
- Catherine Monson (person)
- Kona Ice (company)
- Tony Lamb (person)
- CarePatrol (company)
- Brad Reed (person)
- HomeVestors (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/top-50-franchise-leaders-of-2018-2707294). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ca00688e-9f16-41c1-b71b-8778c62f1307).