Ken LeBlanc is a Canadian entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...

 and real estate analyst born in Moncton, New Brunswick. In 1999 LeBlanc co-founded PropertyGuys.com

PropertyGuys.com

PropertyGuys.com Inc. is a Canadian private sale real estate, or FSBO, marketing company based in Moncton, New Brunswick. With 123 franchise locations across Canada and more than 10,000 active listings on its site, it is the largest private home sale network in North America...

. As President and CEO, LeBlanc has overseen the company's growth from a single Moncton location to an organization with over 110 franchises serving over 600 communities across Canada.

LeBlanc is the youngest person ever named to the Atlantic Business Magazine Hall-of-Fame, and one of the first New Brunswickers. In November 2009 LeBlanc became the first known "honorary dragon" of the Canadian version of the television programme Dragons' Den

Dragons' Den (Canada)

Dragons' Den is a Canadian television reality show, based on the internationally franchised Dragons' Den format, in which aspiring entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hopes of securing business financing. The show debuted on October 3, 2006 on CBC Television...

during an event promoting Global Entrepreneurship Week

Global Entrepreneurship Week

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Boards

• Canadian Franchise Association Board of Directors
• Canadian Youth Business Foundation http://www.cybf.ca/about-us/board-of-directors/

Awards, nominations and honors

• 2010 G20 Youth Entrepreneurship Summit - Canadian Representative (Toronto, ON)
• 2009 Special “Guest Dragon” on CBC Dragons’ Den – YPG Live Edition
• 2009 Canadian Franchise Association Board of the Directors - 2nd Vice Chair
• 2008 Inducted into Atlantic Business Magazine's Top 50 CEOs Hall of Fame
• Named a New Brunswick
  New Brunswick
  New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
  
   ambassador in 2008
• 2007 Atlantic Finalist for the Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
  
   Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
• 2007 Named by Atlantic Business Magazine to Atlantic Canada's
  Atlantic Canada
  Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
  
   top-50 CEOs list
• 2006 Named by Atlantic Business Magazine to Atlantic Canada's top-50 CEOs list
• 2005 Named by Atlantic Business Magazine to Atlantic Canada's top-50 CEOs list
• Nominated for Canada's outstanding CEO of the Year Award 2004
• 2004 Named by Atlantic Business Magazine to Atlantic Canada's top-50 CEOs list
• 2003 Named by Atlantic Business Magazine to Atlantic Canada's top-50 CEOs list
• Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC
  Business Development Bank of Canada
  The Business Development Bank of Canada is a crown corporation financial institution wholly owned by the Government of Canada. BDC plays a leadership role in delivering financial and consulting services to Canadian small business, with a particular focus on technology and exporting.BDC's debt...
  
  ) Young Entrepreneur of the Year, 2002