Bryan M. Clayton

Clayton started working as a lawn cutter at the age of 12.[5][13][14][15] He attended Middle Tennessee State University, where he received a B.A. in Business Administration.[16]

In 1998, at the age of 18, he co-founded the Tennessee-based landscaping company Peach Tree, Inc., with Chip Burnette.[9][17] Clayton and Burnette went on to work Jack in the Box, Cracker Barrel, Fifth Third Bank, among others.[17] In 2013, Clayton sold Peach Tree, Inc. to LUSA Holdings, operator of Landscapes USA.[9][10][11][12] The company had over 125 people working for them and was worth over $7 million at the time it was sold.[5][14][18]

In 2012, Clayton devised the idea for a mobile app called GreenPal after reading an article about Airbnb.[19][7][20][3][21][1] Clayton recruited his childhood friends, Zach Hendrix, Gene Caballero, and Ross Brooks as co-founders for his idea. Together, they founded GreenPal.[4][5][22][23][9]

Clayton is also a mentor at Accelerators Organization.[24]

Clayton enjoys participating in sports such as hiking, martial arts, and long-distance running. He also volunteers for the charity Achilles International in his spare time.[25]