Marty Grunder is President & CEO of Grunder Landscaping Co. in Dayton, Ohio. Grunder Landscaping was started in 1984 with a $25.00 mower bought at a garage sale as a way to make money for college. In 1990 as a senior at the University of Dayton, Marty's company grossed over $300,000.00 and his story appeared in The New York Times. Today Grunder Landscaping is an award-winning company that employs 40 professionals with annual sales over $4.5 million.

Marty is a two-time young entrepreneur of the year in the State of Ohio and also was awarded Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the entire Midwest by the Small Business Administration.

In 1995, Marty formed Marty Grunder! Inc., a business consulting company to provide speaking, training and consulting services to entrepreneurs and business leaders. A highly sought after speaker and authority on personal and business success, Marty has spoken all over the U. S. and Canada. Marty's book The Nine Super Simple Steps to Entrepreneurial Success was named the Business Book of the year at the 2003 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Marty sits on the board of Park National Bank; he is a member of the University of Dayton Business Advisory Council; he is chair of the Hal McCoy Baseball Clinic to benefit Building Bridges; and he is the co-chair of the annual MS Dinner of Champions.

In addition to this, Marty coaches his daughter's basketball team, is a lector at Incarnation Church, speaks to young people on entrepreneurship, and volunteers his time and treasure to various other charities and organizations.

He lives in Sugarcreek Township, Ohio, with his wife Lisa, three daughters Emily, Kathleen and Lillian, and son Grant.

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