$500M franchise company founder to keynote Naples event

NAPLES — A franchise industry star, Greg Muzzillo, is the upcoming scheduled speaker for the next NextGen Speaker Series. The event, at the Grey Oaks Country Club in Naples, is scheduled for Friday, March 25 at 8 a.m.

Muzzillo is the founder of Proforma, a promotional products giant that handles a variety of services, from printing and branded merchandise to digital media and uniforms and apparel. The company, which Muzzillo founded in 1978 with just $200 to buy some business cards and a phone answering machine, is now a $500 million enterprise. Every year, according to NextGen, some 20-30 Proforma franchise owners are named to Inc. magazine’s list of the 5000 Fastest Growing Companies.