With 28 years of experience as a franchisee, franchisor, franchise investor and franchise supplier, Michael has a unique perspective on what it takes to achieve success for franchisors.
Focused on aggressive growth of his franchise systems, Haith has three Inc. 500 awards building two different companies. His companies are perennially named to the Entrepreneur 500 for the last 20 years and he has twice been named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.
Today we find Michael as the Chairman-Mentor of Seven separate brands; Maui Wowi Hawaiian (which recently sold to Kahala), KidCreate (which recently sold to Raintree), Franchise Sherpas, Raintree Franchise Sales, Doc Popcorn (which recently sold to Dippin Dots), and his recent acquisition of Teriyaki Madness of which he just took the helm as CEO.
Applying his experience of aggressive franchise growth and mentoring of young brands, Haith formed a partnership with two other veterans of franchising to create the Raintree Franchise Sales Agency which helps and mentors emerging franchisors to recruit franchisees.