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Gymshark
Fitness apparel and accessories brands
- 1001+ employees
- B2C
- Retail
- Lifestyle
- Personal health
- Fitness
- eCommerce
- Blythe Valley Park, Solihull, UK
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Company mission
To create the tools that help people unlock their full potential and put their ideas into action.
Our take
Gymshark was founded to provide the best fitness and gym clothing, helping to unite the conditioning community. It's driven to producing innovative and effective performance wear, as well as growing an ever-expanding social media presence.
Its clothing and accessories help people to unlock their full potential and realise their goals in line with Gymshark's vision: 'before there is an action, there is an idea'. The online store offers everything from shorts and sports bras to resistance bands and water bottles.
With a broad range of brand ambassadors - including Steve Cook, Nikki Blackketter, and Matt Ogus - Gymshark is a leader in influencer marketing in the digital space, with a physical store opening on London's Regent Street in October 2022.
Gymshark is now one of the world's fastest-growing and most recognisable fitness brands, supported by millions on social media, and with customers in hundreds of companies. Its founder was named the UK's youngest billionaire by Forbes in 2023.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Competitive 'Win Together, Lose Together' Bonus
- Full private medical insurance with no excess
- A truly flexible working culture
- Great training and learning resources & 10% time for personal development
- Employer pension contributions up to 7%
- Life Assurance at four times your basic salary
- 50% Gymshark Discount and Gift Vouchers Annually
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Be human. Being accessible, inclusive and humble is at Gymshark’s heart
- Give a shit. That means being conscious of the world we live in, caring for those around us and being proactive to create positive change
- Do the right thing. Count on us to be honest, trustworthy and genuine
- Find the Gymshark way. Refuse to forget the garage
- Mentality that made us: ambitious, agile, disruptive
- Put family first. Unconditionally
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2020
$252.7m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $252.7m
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Leadership
Ben Francis
(CEO)Ben started Gymshark as a screen-printing operation in his garage in 2012 with a group of high school friends. He has grown the company since then, alongside a degree at Aston University.
People progressing
Noel left his job at R3Brand, which he had founded, in May 2017 in order to join Gymshark as Brand Director. Since July 2018, he has served as Chief Brand Officer.
Gemma is the Chief Data Officer and represents data at board level and is responsible for providing the insight, information and data products needed to enable Gymshark's data strategy.