Dan Stone, 37

Vice President of Franchise Development, Front Burner Brands

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 9:00 a.m. October 10, 2014
  • Class of 2014
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Dan Stone knows what it means to strive for excellence. “A lot of who I am stems from adversity from when I was young,” Stone says. Stone lost 80% of hearing in both of his ears when he was young, impacting his speech and forcing him to start wearing hearing aids at 4 years old.

 

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