From Sleeping in a Van to $3 Billion: The Insane True Story of Gymshark’s Ben Francis

from Profit Empire: Blueprint for Wealth, Power & Business Expansion · host Finance Histories w/ Victoria

He was a 19-year-old pizza delivery guy sleeping in his parents’ garage. In 2012 he started screen-printing gym clothes on a $500 machine between shifts. Today Gymshark is a $3+ billion empire and he owns 70% of it. Zero VC money. No rich parents. Just pure obsession. This is the greatest bootstrap story of the 21st century.

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