"I'm originally from Chicago. I graduated in the top of my class and passed on a basketball scholarship to Xavier and an academic scholarship to Purdue. Instead, I took the opportunity to serve in the United States Air Force as a member of a Special Ops unit.

I spent four years in the USAF jumping out of airplanes. After I got out I became a broker for Merrill Lynch. I realized after about a year that I didn't want to be stuck in an office all day talking about somebody else's money.

After Merrill, I got into the collection industry and did pretty well for myself. I worked from home for a few hours a day and make fantastic money. Although the industry had a way of making you feel "scummy", it did have its upside. That is until the day my CEO called me and told me that I made too much money! I reminded him that I was in sales so I know that I made him 10 times as much as I was making. He went on about how he lived in a double wide when he was my age, and at that moment it hit me: "one day this guy is not going to want to pay me what I'm worth!" I decided then that I wanted to work for myself so I opened C&J Professional Cleaning in 2004.

When I'm not working I enjoy working out, riding my motorcycle and hanging out with my family."

— Chris Sharfner, Owner