Executive changes

Gymshark’s co-founder and main shareholder replaces Hewitt as CEO

2021-07-01T13:40:00

Gymshark

Starting on Aug. 1, Ben Francis, the 29-year-old entrepreneur who co-founded Gymshark in 2012 and is the British fitness apparel brand’s controlling shareholder, will take over the role of CEO from Steve Hewitt, who had been appointed managing director in 2015 and promoted to CEO two years later. Francis has ...

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