Owner of athletic wear giant Gymshark was simply nineteen once he started creating garments in his parents’ garage while operating as a pizza delivery driver and simply seven years later includes a £100m turnover
· Ben Francis was nineteen when he initial started making gym garments in his garage
· He was studying full time in Birmingham and dealing nights delivering pizzas
· Entrepreneur quit university to concentrate on Gymshark and is near to create £100m
The multimillionaire owner of athletic wear giant Gymshark was simply nineteen when he began.
Ben Francis set to begin creating his own gymnasium garments once he could not find something he liked the design of on the street.
But while he was dreaming up the ultimate sports brand he had to juggle being a full-time college student and an evening time pizza delivery driver to create ends meet.
His grandparent educated him the way to sew and he created a workshop in his parents’ garage in Birmingham, complete with a stitching machine and screen printer.
He managed to create around ten items every day, however had to figure around his degree and part-time job.
Ben Francis has gone from a 19-year-old balancing creating gymnasium garments in his parents’ garage with a university degree and a part-time job to approaching a £100million turnover at twenty six
Ben told the BBC: ‘I’d wake up and move to Aston University [Birmingham], then end uni early afternoon, and work on pizza Hut from 5pm until 10pm.
‘I might answer emails [about his business] in between deliveries. Then i would go back and sort out the web site, and style new product.’
He kept his exhausting schedule up for 2 years and managed to induce profits up to a powerful £250,000.
But once he set to drop out of university and concentrate on Gymshark full time — things began to get serious — and he’s currently near to flip over £100million.
It took him launching an unsuccessful food supplements business and others once he was younger to seek out his niche within the market.
He says the key to his success is exploitation social media influencers with massive followings to wear the brand and unfold the word on-line.
He kept his exhausting schedule up for 2 years and managed to induce profits up to a powerful £250,000. however once he dropped out of university things began to get serious. Gymshark is approaching a £100million turnover with ‘Gymshark athletes’ as ambassadors to push the brand — as well as his model girlfriend (pictured with him) Robin gallant
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Ben Francis, now 26, is pictured in Gymshark gym gear together with his model girlfriend Robin gallant
The young entrepreneur has additionally managed to recruit athletes as ambassadors to wear his creations, with ‘Gymshark athletes’ getting the brand thousands additional customers.
His company has its headquarters in Solihull, speech act 215 workers and 1.2million customers worldwide, in keeping with the BBC.
Ben has bodybuilder Lex griffin among his Gymshark athletes moreover as his model girlfriend, Robin Gallant. The brand currently has 3 million followers on Instagram.
Ben handed over the business to athletic wear professional Steve Hewitt, who has had senior jobs at Reebok and Adidas and is currently Gymshark’s chief operating officer.
He is still a majority stakeholder, but he hopes with Steve’s business information, the brand will grow even larger.
BEN FRANCIS CURRENTLY HAS A NET WORTH OF AROUND $10 MILLIONS DOLLARS AND IS READY RULE THE GYM WEAR INDUSTRY.
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