This is thanks in part to the pandemic, which saw more people running, cycling, and exercising at home during the lockdown. At the time, both were 20-year-old university students. Sportswear with a difference! "I was younger and I made mistakes. [15] In 2013, branching out from supplements, Francis began designing and selling fitness apparel on Gymshark's website. Francis developed his ideas by hand at his parents house. Since it was started by 29-year-old Mr Francis and his friend, Lewis Morgan, in 2012 its trajectory has been skywards. Francis appeared on the 2019 Sunday Times Young Rich List, ranked above pop stars Little Mix and world heavyweight boxing champ Anthony Joshua. Something went wrong, please try again later. Gymshark is a global 'athleisure' brand (clothing worn for sport and other activities). [35] Their twin sons were born on 24 December 2022. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Under his leadership, the company was able to crack 100 million in sales the following year. 28 October 2022. We're incredibly close. Ben Francis is the co-founder of sportswear brand Gymshark. Speaking about his mum Kim, he said: "She's been amazingly supportive. I sit down with him to discuss his origins and the early years of his career. Its been a long journey for the college dropout, who still runs the business out of Solihull, a town near his parents home outside of Birmingham. How A Former Pizza Hut Delivery Guy Used TikTok And Instagram To Build Gymshark Into A Billion-Dollar Sportswear Brand, New Billionaires 2023: Jimmy Buffett, LeBron James And 148 Others Join The Ranks This Year, Kanye West, Sam Bankman-Fried, Yvon Chouinard: Here's Who Fell Off Forbes' 2023 Billionaires List, The World's Richest Female Billionaires 2023, Here Are The Biggest Gainers On The 2023 Billionaires List, Forbes 37th Annual Worlds Billionaires List: Facts And Figures 2023, Trumps Net Worth Plunges $700 Million As Truth Social Flops. The 26-year-old with a 100m sportswear brand - BBC News Friends called Saturday evening at the funeral home. At the beginning of the journey, the company sold body-building equipment but did not stock the goods. Ben Francis is still only 26 but his business is expected to see turnover hit 100m this year By Suzanne Bearne Business reporter The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles a different. When Apple started, it was adopted by architects, creatives and other sorts of cool kids, Francis says. Burial was in the Morgan Cemetery, near Ronceverte. Ben Francis was a delivery driver for Pizza Hut. That same year, Francis was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe List. A fascinating story - Two young university graduates, Ben Francis and No 10 business guru worth 73m caught on video snorting cocaine with In the clip he boasts a bag he is sharing around. Gymshark founder Ben Francis says he doesn't view big-name sportswear brands as a threat to his relatively young $1 billion label. But just as the information of his childhood is kept private, there is very little known about their relationship. As a group, we will remain focused on women's fitness but expand beyond clothing. I don't have a role model as such but I have definitely benefited from knowing an amazing group of people who all went to South Bromsgrove High School with me. "Our friendship group got very small very quickly.". Instead, at age 17, he joined his local gym and started taking IT classes, applying himself to his new passions by watching fitness videos on YouTube and building rudimentary apps that helped users create workout calendars and access fat loss exercises. Ben Francis - Forbes
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