Chris Daskalakis

I’m a serial entrepreneur and Franchisor of Mr. Fire Safety & United Franchisors Co-Op. I have done several ventures in the construction, technology and fire prevention fields. Coming from a family of developers, I left college 6 months before graduation to start my own heavy highway construction company, 5 Star Construction, back in 1985. I was bonded for $5 million and successfully bid on public entity & government work throughout the state of New Jersey. Around this time I met my wife, (Pauline), who was a financial analyst on Wall Street and formed a lifelong marriage and business partnership with her. Although the construction business was successful and growing, the ideas kept coming a mile a minute. Seeing the need to get cheaper construction material for my construction company, I founded the Greek American Contractors Association & Co-Op in NJ in 1994. The Co-Op funneled the buying power of its contractor members to pre-selected construction suppliers to be able to obtain incredible prices for construction material as well as procure a rebate back to the Co-Op every time a member purchased construction material. You can contact me at [email protected]