Gymshark: He built a billion dollar fitnesswear brand in his 20s | CNBC Make It

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Gymshark founder Ben Francis has returned to his role as CEO of the $1 billion fitnesswear brand worn by celebrities and influencers alike. Now, Francis has his sights set on making Gymshark the United Kingdom's answer to incumbents like Nike and Adidas. CNBC Make It's Vicky McKeever spoke to the 29-year-old founder about his journey from his parents' garage to the firm's expansion into the United States and Asia.
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@BenFrancis 2 года назад

Thank you for all of the kind comments, and to CNBC for telling my story! 🦈 ❤️

@CNBCi 2 года назад

Thanks for sitting down with us to tell it!

@farzeenahmed7246 2 года назад

Nice work man Hope your brand come to India in the coming years

@puncherputra6920 2 года назад

Bro ur my ideal now

@cristiansanchez3787 2 года назад

Congratulations

@numberoneappgames 2 года назад

Kinda sad no Matt Does Fitness was in the video...otherwise good job. ❤️

@JJs_playground 2 года назад

It takes an intelligent person to realize you're not the best person for a specific job. Respect that he stepped down as CEO to gain experience.

@DempsisPowell42 2 года назад

he stepped down but doesn't it mean he isn't the owner anymore?

@RAFIKIEI 2 года назад

@@DempsisPowell42 He still owns majority share, he just has a different role.

@ginga2571 2 года назад

@@DempsisPowell42 just because he isn’t the ceo doesn’t mean he isn’t the owner anymore. He has the most stakes.

@davidshu12579 2 года назад

Totally agreed, it takes a person of intelligence and humility to accept their own weaknesses.

@xubarney1326 Год назад

when things aren't working for you and you don't know what to do, you'll realize it too...

@baoduong5942 2 года назад

Ben Francis is a true humble individual who knows what it takes to be top global competitor. Im in the States and see gymshark everywhere I go.

@TomNook. 2 года назад

This guy and Tim Stokely are my heroes, true British multimillionaires who started from scratch

@kw6143 2 года назад

Also Oliver Cookson, Steven Bartlett…

@facelesspodcaster5594 2 года назад

I am 22 years old starting my business now. I hope to be a successful entrepreneur one day.

@Jambajakumba 2 года назад

Keep at it👏

@zest6932 2 года назад

Don't be in a hurry to sell ur stake at an early stage..bootstrap as long as u can..all the best

@asmita2318 2 года назад

Same. Good luck to you.

@davinamayor7776 2 года назад

Same! See you at the top

@itoko05 2 года назад

Good luck man!!

@incresearch2317 2 года назад

Such a humble, aware person. Wishing you all the best!

@adilets 2 года назад

What a brilliant young man. We’re both of same age, and he is such an inspiration for me.

@xubarney1326 Год назад

okay Ad s

@Jambajakumba 2 года назад

He speaks like an actual CEO.

@xubarney1326 Год назад

he is a actual CEO lmao (tho)

@ashwinipurandare9121 2 года назад

Family support is so important in these things ❤ those who don't get this support from family understand this more than anyone else.

@sophiaoneal9081 2 года назад

Wow, dang, stepping down to understand the entire business?! such an underappreciated and fantastic approach to leadership.

@johntrust6217 2 года назад

If I could hit the like button on this video a million times - I would, congrats to this guy.

@roshansrinivas8729 2 года назад

Great to see Gymshark gaining traction in an extremely competitive market

@aperson2730 2 года назад

Very inspirational

@jcampbell461 2 года назад

Very humble

@kingslayercr7 2 года назад

Great quality at super affordable prices love it!!!

@mokshambavat7540 2 года назад

a true icon and inspirational human being,young minds need to learn from this guy and this interview

@javiergtz6682 2 года назад

He's super inspiring as well! as a person I mean. The fact he's unbelievably humble is simple superb. Such inmense SUCCESS is stil waiting for him!!

@lauramora6767 2 года назад

He's just awesome

@amarachidesi 2 года назад

Very humble man

@jareddowe3863 2 года назад

Big fan from the e-commerce community good job!

@ugochukwuharbor5519 2 года назад

Very inspiring!

@brunodacosta4903 2 года назад

Gymshark is all over the gyms here in the US

@mariopfutzenreuter7228 2 года назад

crazy, i bought a gymshark t-shirt back in 2014 i thought it was already a big company back then

@linapesz313 2 года назад

Wow....he is so smart...to put ego behind and learn....and educate himself to be good CEO...

@jawediqubal7557 2 года назад

Don't get taken aback by his age because age and success or age and intelligence are never married.

@aninatalia 5 месяцев назад

What an incredibly inspiring story! Plus, what a formidable character he is. Fantastic! 🎉🎉🎉

@OGFRVR 9 месяцев назад

personally i don’t see nothing special about the brand but respect to this guy in building this business

@emilynkosi1590 2 года назад

wOW he is so humble

@aswinaravind566 2 года назад

6:30 is his core quality , to accept the truth

@maurreese 2 года назад

Congratulations to him and great job!!!👏👏👏👏

@debbie12346 2 года назад

Wow. Such a smart man in all aspects. Bravo to you!

@OldWorldNY 2 года назад

A dollar and a dream 👏🙏✊

@udaybohra4598 2 года назад

Truly inspiring

@mehmet-eu3df 2 года назад

bravo for this guy

@gatshenindlovu8224 10 дней назад

Very interesting. Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦

@tsewanggtashi 2 года назад

It's truly amazing

@jinmushui1soul 2 года назад

As someone who works out very frequently, the cost to longevity ratio just isn't high enough for their shorts and pants. It's clear the clothes are made with trendiness rather than durability in mind. It's fast fashion at it's most ubiquitous.

@A_H9217 2 года назад

I don't own Gymshark and would never buy it, but this guy is inspiring and deserves every penny he makes

@DavidS-iy8bb 2 года назад

So impressive

@undergroundkid8337 2 года назад

Besides anything else Gym Shark the name is also a great name. Gym Shark💯

@alparslankorkmaz2964 2 года назад

Nice video.

@tshegofatsosekgothe1694 2 года назад

I love this guy

@FinancialShinanigan 2 года назад

What a inspiration!

@WishpondCA 2 года назад

Ben has amazing vision

@Youaintakilla 2 года назад

Huge fan of Ben... but I dont see gymshark being as big as the nike, puma adidas etc. The name alone means its limited to gym products while the other brands pull from many different sports and areas.

@Thabang_Kgatla1 2 года назад

Great observation

@tyson1chicken 2 года назад

Very true. I personally don't like Gymshark products.

@YashRamisetty 2 года назад

That doesn’t matter. Companies always have different names and change their names over time. Google became alphabet. Albertsons became luckys and Snapchat is a subset of Snap. Name doesn’t matter so much that you should feel stuck and be limited to what you’re doing.

@kryskrys6428 2 года назад

Thatsa narrow view

@kimjongun2872 2 года назад

Bro everyone in instagram is now a bodybuilder

@mohitvishwakarma1 2 года назад

My mentor bought Jaguar and landrover Ratan Tata ❤️

@nancyperez5480 2 года назад

Wow.

@cchan824 2 года назад

Well done for being able to take step down

@nightcorenegzz3780 2 года назад

No wonder I'm seeing so many ads of gym shark on Instagram

@koolflows7581 2 года назад

good stuff kid

@cricket7866 Год назад

its the name gymshark ,,, which is doing the magic

@Th3L0wK1 21 день назад

Almost like building brand awareness is a major part of business, marketing and success.

@alesh2275 2 года назад

He is handsome

@ShieldFagundes-dy7mk 4 месяца назад

It is 100% business ! Congratulations! I wish Success !

@alezandradavila2581 2 года назад

Never tried it would like too

@Rishabh-Dev 2 года назад

Much better than all those crypto startup billionaires. 😂 Atleast gymshark makes real revenue.

@maxyanimationsclips6338 2 года назад

I haven’t read a better comment for a while, there are tons of crypto billionares and with a a minute crypto can fall to zero

@artofexistance 2 года назад

It’s an influencer based apparel company . Chill.

@Rishabh-Dev 2 года назад

@@artofexistance Yeah, but will real cash flow.

@stavas05 2 года назад

@@artofexistance but doing that in 2014 is impressive

@didyoustealmyfood8729 2 года назад

lol by your logic stocks are also not real cash "flow" therefore most of the billionaire that have net worth in company stocks are poor.

@davidkoko9225 2 года назад

When I heard "Birmingham", I thought of Tomas Shelby

@kebyloezil 2 года назад

He's very smart!

@thenameischaithu Год назад

Jaguar Land Rover is a fully owned subsidiary of Tata Motors (Indian company).

@gilmore6168 2 года назад

Great video to realize how broke and useless I am

@user-mj8ml2vs5d 2 года назад

I have thought about getting gym shark instead of the other brands because they might cut clothes for muscular women, rather than assuming everyone who has a small waist is small everywhere else

@Pe6ek Год назад

”Literally“.

@maitphanglyngkhoi6381 Месяц назад

Please bring it to India as well 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@user-qi9wz6iu9x 2 года назад

This is the first time to know him through the video. But I was inspired by his word, motivation and vision so I’d like to purchase his brand if they join the Japanese market in the future.

@jimmytimmy3680 2 года назад

Got a billion dollars?

@user-qi9wz6iu9x 2 года назад

@@jimmytimmy3680 maybe yes🤔

@sanjaylimbu9307 2 года назад

@@jimmytimmy3680 he probly talkin bout stocks

@STF_555 3 месяца назад

Hi guys An 18 year old with a viable clothing brabd idea, it's test runs were met with very high praises and attention I know it'll sell, all I have is an unregistered logo and my mom's garage ....please advise me how to start?

@Welldonejohn_ Месяц назад

Keep learning, build (design), get feedback, repeat.

@raoulhery 2 года назад

A premier league outfit will be the ultimate achievement

@27forlife 2 года назад

what is it with people starting business in garages

@anupkhadka5731 2 года назад

Why the interviewer looks like lois lane from man of steel?

@vikrantkulkarni1241 2 года назад

I wonder how many investors are behind this startup. If investors are less, Then Margin behind each commodity has to be pretty steep to achieve this production level.

@booneboone9705 2 года назад

He had no investors when he created the company and he just recently accepted investors money. Go to his RU-vid channel for more info.✌🏾

@GirlMathAndDebt 2 года назад

He had investors within the first 2 years. Two older white men and one went on to be the ceo. If you go on his RU-vid channel you’ll see them in the videos

@booneboone9705 2 года назад

@@GirlMathAndDebt He didn't have investors in the first 2yrs of his company. Those men he met at the gym and they later became the CEO and Chief Strategy Officer. Get your facts straight and rewatch his RU-vid videos.

@ProudJewishQueen1979 2 года назад

Why do we all have to wear the same brand?

@jimmytimmy3680 2 года назад

Peer and social pressure.

@kgal1298 2 года назад

Keepin up with the Joneses. In all fairness the quality is really good now, though oddly when it comes to influencer focused brands I've had the best experience with buffbunny that woman has built a legging that lasts with her nubre fabric.

@JackKing12. Год назад

You need to have it in you to do it so congrats.

@tb11212 2 года назад

They need to start making shoes

@booneboone9705 2 года назад

The shoes will look horrendous just like Under Armour, because the logo doesn't work well on shoes like apparel does.🤷🏾‍♂️

@franksamuel2233 2 года назад

I think this pandemic has taught people the importance of multiple streams of income, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security rather having different investments is the real deal.

@mariecaldera7166 2 года назад

Great context.everyone needs more than there salary to be financially stable.the best thing to do with your money is to invest it rightly.because money left for saving always end up used with no returns. I started Investing in bitcoin mid November 2020 with the help of a well-known-proffessional Mr William Noble and the profit entirely funded my recent duplex.

@airipedro8697 2 года назад

The economic hardship, recession, unemployment and loss of jobs caused by covid 19 pandemic is enough to push people into financial ventures

@fredrickpeterson4382 2 года назад

Well I'm so happy I just got into crypto trading and I made my first profit, I wish I knew about crypto earlier I would have made a lot of money by now

@calvinsixtus6236 2 года назад

had the same struggles as a beginner before a colleague introduced me to Mr William Noble who showed me great strategies on how trade and accumulate profit constantly which helped alot during the download and unlike others,He doesn't ask for anything to teach you.Good people still exist

@hashiduumar4929 2 года назад

mr William is really amazing. trader with amazing skills, he changed my 0.5 btc to 2.3btc

@a.r.8987 2 года назад

I've never heard about this brand....

@xubarney1326 Год назад

this is so cool lmaoo

@Striker50_ 2 года назад

Meh, not a fan of the name & the people that wear it. Gotta admit though, he found a way into the market 👍

@Esther-oq8ve 2 года назад

Why.. its affordable and it lasts longg af

@kv8625 2 года назад

More for fun than anything. In love with.

@CRYPTOETV 2 года назад

How much is UNIVERSAL UCS OR IRRC S/C WORTH OR EVEN RCHNIKE SEARCH AND MONARCH? IRAQ IEAN IRELAND N IRELAND OF UK IRS IRCC

@thomash2806 2 года назад

I find it odd that there’s still a perception of companies like JLR, RR, Bentley, MINI etc. as being British when none are British-owned and they were all failing badly when they were British-owned. I think Ben Francis seems lovely and well done for his success and hard work, but those are not icons of British success to me…

@xubarney1326 Год назад

lmaoo hahahaha

@zitronentee 2 года назад

I'm surprised at no mention about the problems behind this brand. And that includes steroids.

@aniketbaxi1998 2 года назад

Funny thing land rover and jaguar are no longer "britsh brands" TATA motors an Indian company saved / bought them out from the brink of bankruptcy... from ford in 2008

@JogBird 2 года назад

valuation is stupid way to measure a company's success, esp a start up.. it only matters if youre a shareholder looking to cash out soon

@Estrangedson 2 года назад

Facts that’s why economy bubbles happen like in 2008

@jimmytimmy3680 2 года назад

What indicators ARE valuable to measure success.

@Estrangedson 2 года назад

@@jimmytimmy3680 revenue

@kgal1298 2 года назад

Well they had a billion pound influx of capital so he owns a good portion of the company, but eventually they'll want their bag back so the question is what's the exit? Grow market share in the US and other countries or go public?

@Estrangedson 2 года назад

@@kgal1298well he said he wanted to expand to other countries

@bxbank 2 года назад

So many fitwear brands they didn't like what was available. What's is wrong with everyone else, then? It's such a saturated market. Over my head

@jackbauer562 Год назад

gymshark name itself sells. But i love the quality

@Varshe.Medisalon 2 года назад

Hi. JLR is Indian now :P

@ivermektin6874 Год назад

They act like they invented gym clothing. It's purely taking advantage of influencer culture and fakt natties to market to the endless dudes that show up to the gym once a month

@srinivasavaradhan4231 2 года назад

Thumbs up if you get a feel of deja vu

@TheAcdcnz 2 года назад

I don't understand why this company is doing so well. It cry's "douchy"

@alanv3185 2 года назад

Bet you didn't understand calculus and vectors either but that doesn't change anything

@TheAcdcnz 2 года назад

@@alanv3185 true that

@Daaaanielle 2 года назад

Apparently it’s great quality for a fair price. Some things can be “docuhy” but they probably have basics too. And if they work well? And cost less than freaking lululemon? People will buy.

@jessicamamikina7648 2 года назад

Just do something that will earn you money while you sleep, no matter how little. A pandemic is the perfect way to open your eyes to really see what life could be like without your usual income stream and everyone had to stay home. Well I never felt it because I invested in a trading company where I earn 4 digits per week. The best thing you can do for yourself is invest more and spend less.

@lucythompson5841 2 года назад

i have always wanted to get into investment but i am scared not to fall in the wrong hands , who is your pro ?

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@henryclinton9317 2 года назад

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I have also been trading with her, profits are secured and over 💯 percent return on investment.

@glittcake9690 2 года назад

omg gymshark thats the brand that annamcnulty wears

@ShieldFagundes-dy7mk 4 месяца назад

After you can try to work with a gym School as Smart fit.

@evks82 2 года назад

do u even lift bro

@utkarshbansal3811 2 года назад

too bad TATA bought JLR in 2008👽👽

@deepusuresh3364 2 года назад

If this in india social media brothers come up say that women is against our culture 🤣

@euipaik1102 2 года назад

Never heard Puma be pronounced Pewma

@forceunleashed4338 2 года назад

It's how we pronounce in India too

@kiklocus4660 2 года назад

lol another sports bra n trunks company

@keziahdelaney8174 2 года назад

Yet a 1.4 Billion of worth. Mofa did something correct appearently

@kiklocus4660 2 года назад

@@keziahdelaney8174 problem is they show models in those work out bras, but we done like them by wearing them

@Droppin_Deuces_On_Ya 2 года назад

Im gonna make yoga pants called Camels...

@vincentnnyc 2 года назад

I don’t think most women will buy it….just saying

@Coffeetime1991 2 года назад

Yet the clothes rip after a fart

@don5142 4 месяца назад

Am I the only one who thinks the logo isn’t that cool? I mean it’s cool logo and they have some cool shirts but I don’t think it’s a billionaire dollar business. Just my opinion