In what year was C12 Group originally founded?
C12_Group Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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C12 was originally founded in Florida in 1992 as a sole proprietorship owned and operated by Lester (Buck) Jacobs. That Florida sole proprietorship, whose address was 656 Flamingo Dr., Apollo Beach, Florida 33572, is the first of C12's two predecessors. The Florida sole proprietorship was reorganized as a Florida limited liability company by the filing of its articles of organization with the Florida Secretary of State on March 20, 2001. The Florida limited liability company was merged into the North Carolina limited liability company on January 1, 2005, with the North Carolina limited liability company being the surviving entity of the merger. The North Carolina limited liability company was "redomesticated" into a Texas limited liability company on September 1, 2016 by way of a statutory conversion process.
C12 has offered franchises since 2007. Neither C12 nor any affiliate of C12 (of which there are none as of the effective date of this FDD) has ever offered franchises in any line of business other than that being offered to franchisees as described in this FDD and has never operated any type of business other than that being offered to franchises as described in this FDD. No predecessor of C12 has: (a) offered franchises in
any other line of business other than that being offered to franchisees as described in this FDD, or (b) operated any type of business other than that being offered to franchisees as described in this FDD.
C12's business model has been substantially the same since it was founded as a sole proprietorship in Florida by Mr. Jacobs in 1992.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS, AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–9)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 C12 Group Franchise Disclosure Document, C12 Group was originally founded in 1992. It began as a sole proprietorship in Florida, owned and operated by Lester (Buck) Jacobs.
Initially, the business operated as a sole proprietorship from October 1992 until March 19, 2001. It then transitioned into a Florida limited liability company, which was later merged into a North Carolina limited liability company on January 1, 2005. The North Carolina LLC was subsequently redomesticated into a Texas limited liability company on September 1, 2016.
C12 Group's business model, which focuses on providing an executive development program for Christian business owners, CEOs, presidents, and their key staff, has remained substantially consistent since its founding. The company began offering franchises in 2007.