Dan Monaghan

Managing Partner – Clear Summit Group

Dan’s entre into the world of entrepreneurship began at the age of 19 when he became a franchisee with Dickie Dee – an ice cream bicycle operation in Canada. With several entrepreneurial successes behind him, and a national best-selling book to his credit (Why Not Me?), Dan founded WSI at the age of 27. Over the last 21 years, WSI has grown to become the largest digital marketing franchise organization in the world, with over 1000 franchised agencies in 87 countries.

In 2006 Dan founded Clear Summit Group, a private equity firm which invests in early-stage high growth franchise and technology companies. The CSG portfolio includes Tutor Doctor (world leader in in-home education), Qualicare (leader in case managed medical home care), and Recruiting In Motion (staffing and recruitment).

Dan lives outside of Toronto and in Columbus Ohio with his wife Mary-Alice and is the proud father of four wonderful children, Karly, Austin, Jordan and Danika.

The best gift I ever received was a goat. My kids gave it to me for Christmas many years ago as part of a family tradition to dial back on some of the materialism of Christmas by giving gifts from the World Vision catalogue to families in need.