Michael Coles is a successful entrepreneur, investor, advisor and community leader. He co-founded The Great American Cookie Company and grew it into the largest franchisor of cookie stores with 350 locations and sales of over $100 million when he sold the company. He was also the CEO of Caribou Coffee which became a publicly traded company. He is a big supporter of Kennesaw State University, whose business program is fittingly named the Michael J Coles College of Business.