Christian Friedland

Christian (Chris) Friedland founded Friedland Enterprises to help senior executives seeking unique insights and successful strategies to rapidly grow their business, increase profitability, and resolve complex challenges.

Mr. Friedland is a highly successful entrepreneur and EY Entrepreneur Of The Year nominee who founded, bootstrapped, scaled, and sold Build.com, the largest pure-play internet retailer in the home improvement space in the U.S.

During his 15-year tenure at Build.com, he led the company from <$1M in annual sales to $1B in annual sales (1,000X+ growth), sourced and closed four strategic acquisitions, delivered consistent annual EBITDA growth, and created a unique, winning company culture.