28 Year Old Billionaire Reveals How He Built Gymshark

Patrick Bet-David has a virtual sit-down with CPO and founder of Gymshark Ben Francis. In this interview they talk about how he started Gymshark, the growth of the brand and why he thinks clothing brands are centered around a community model. Follow Ben Francis on Social media here: bit.ly/31Cg1T9
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About the Guest: Ben Francis is a British businessman. He is the founder and majority shareholder of Gymshark, a fitness apparel and accessories brand headquartered in Solihull, England. Francis has been Gymshark's chief marketing officer since 2018.
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[@patrick5929]

Finally a rich 28 year old who doesn't sell courses.

[@NBA2KTEN]

Foreal!! A real physical business!. I'm not bashing the online courses but it's so saturated with fake people.

[@Thjonsson1]

Word!!!!

[@samtavoosian3059]

He is an exception. How many 28 years old billionaires you know in the fitness industry or even in general? This is the result of lots of work but also being at the right time and lots of luck. Actually becoming a billionaire for selling courses is way harder and almost impossible. I’m not a fan of fake gurus but some hustle like crazy. Mr beast is a good example probably going to be the first billionaire KZbinr

[@Thjonsson1]

@@samtavoosian3059 Timing and ideas are never the result behind success execution and hard work is what matters. You’re right There is not a lot 28 year old billionaires in any indystry. But still a lot of successful Young entrepreneurs. When it comes to dtc and e-commerce business there Will be a lot more guys like This commin. 15% of the worlds total retail market share is online. This is just the beginning of these success stories

[@samtavoosian3059]

@@Thjonsson1 I have been a sponsored athlete not gymshark but similar brands so I might have a little more insight than you. Gymshark was the first sportswear brand that brought bodybuilding/fitness into mainstream. This guy actually did the sewing himself in his basement. His friends became extremely famous models by promoting Gymshark. Gymshark brought a new era and revolutionized the fitness industry. They are like the alibaba of their industry and that is their number reason of massive success. They became the FIRST. You are right. There are successful entrepreneurs out there with e commerce business but they’ll never be able to get to this level by selling clothes. Chip Wilson the founder of LuLulemon is a also billionaire and he is 65 years old. This guy’s net worth is an exception example

[@actuallybusiness1622]

*Every family has a person who breaks the chain of poverty. I hope you will be that person!!*

[@coreym.6074]

💯

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R u?

[@micahjimmy9471]

I will

[@TahirAli-ri3hn]

I will be that person!

[@incomewithlinda]

I will be that person.

[@waldoivan]

I'm 47 years old entrepreneur and Ben inspired me. The key points for me were: passion, community focused, hard work and determination. Thank you Ben and Patrick.

[@ZaneT531]

Just curious what do you do mate ?

[@tigereyes1559]

I respect how Patrick patiently has a conversation with who he interviews, rather than the most of other people online who ask questions to hear answers.

[@VictorAntonioLive]

How can anyone give this interview a thumbs-down? Great story!

[@JesusChristItsJasonFrog]

probably people who got fired by this guy haha

[@pkell7315]

I just did to make you 😢 😆

[@Dancestudent08]

Broke people

[@wendyjomendy]

I could take a guess and tell 🤫😉you if you truly want to know.

[@manavsingh7378]

Hello "Mr. Customer"!

[@lebogangnbeautyimage9539]

Literally sitting with my notebook.Valuetainment is the best channel ever.Thank you Patrick and Ben.Learnt so much

[@cestmoiDEE]

It’s so good! He got the name right Value + Entertainment.

[@weezybabastudios]

@@cestmoiDEE You’re not Wrong.

[@Brendanmuema]

Ben Francis he was very persistent trying anything and everything. When I listened to his story I was just inspired and he is one of the most influential young Entrepreneur that I have learned from.

[@nickkaol]

Team Kenya!🇰🇪

[@Brendanmuema]

@@nickkaol All day everyday!!! 🇰🇪 Born 🇰🇪 but raised in 🇺🇸 I am a who I am proud Kenyan American 🇰🇪 🇺🇸 😉

[@alexanderbanman9288]

Exactly, some say it's luck but I believe it's dedication and trying new things!

[@Brendanmuema]

@@alexanderbanman9288 Absolutely. Because in this channel we all know “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard!!!”

[@adrian.p_]

One of your best videos, just for the fact that he’s so young and has his shit together so well. Congrats to all of his success. Seems like an awesome dude

[@chadmaskell]

Ben is such a stand up guy, a great inspiration from Birmingham 💪👌👊🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧... God knows I've spent a fortune on Gymshark kit it's amazing!

[@CaptainPlanet007]

Ok, how many sets 🏋🏻 can you do bruh??

[@narutohenaruto]

This is an extremely inspiring story, thank you Patrick for your amazing interviews which gives so much insight to the up and coming entrepreneurs.

[@baldeepbirak]

Great to see a UK grown company expand the world. Well done to Ben and the team.

[@siegfreidsujide299]

Pat is asking all the right questions man! Thanks for that. It can really relate to me

[@simletsigidi1473]

So inspiring, thank you so much Pat, you keep getting amazing guests. All the way from South Africa, Soweto

[@tirthb]

This guy is so down to earth in spite of so successful!

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[@michaelmoran8755]

Inspiring as a businessman and a parent. His mind and drive, wow! The direction given him by his parents, that too.

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[@williambiancucci9559]

Loved this interview. Super down to earth person with great worth ethic and passion for what he's building. Very inspiring! thank you.

[@DesktopBodybuilding]

Looking forward to watching this! Always love your interview Patrick. You’re an extremely talented interviewer 💯

[@dripthekraken8962]

Highly inspiring. Thank you!

[@chieduokoboshi1835]

Keep up the great work Pat. Your interview skill is second to none currently.

[@b2ek3]

What an incredible and inspiring story ! So happy to see brilliant young entrepreneur who built a real company, not some social media meeting place. Thank you for bringing Ben in !

[@efy5aru]

I live in Solihull and didn't even know Gymshark started in our backyard...well done Ben, just goes to show hard-work definitely pays off

[@MamaLee5]

Great interview! Ben seems like a driven person with a purpose. Most people would be fortunate to have such a mindset in whatever they do.

[@SuP3rpRiNc3sSa]

his story is very inspirational and I'm glad he is sharing his story.

[@kenardandrade]

Pat, what an amazing guest! The young crowd could identify itself with him and get a LOT of inspiration. 💯

[@theinvisiblegiraffe9842]

Ben Francis is a true gent. Proud to be from the same city as Ben

[@lanak.fromnewmexico1143]

Great interview/video! This kid has such great insight into what he was interested in and eventually what he wanted his brand and company to be. Gymshark! Amazing! Thanks Patrick, for another Entripenorial story!

[@evijalai7463]

Listening to Ben, I can relate to many things what he said, his body language and his vision to Richard Branson. Great minds! Thanks for sharing Pat & team!

[@MildaNguyenTrinhQuang]

Great interview! In 3 years I will be here with Patrick as well. Mark my words. Have a successful journey you all!

[@Alphfirm]

Great interview! A lot of different kinds of questions than usual for Ben

[@julianaceansah8316]

Great interview Ben Francis is a humble but very focused entrepreneur, CEO been following his journey and he’s inspiring and bringing everyone along in documenting and sharing his experiences. Shout out to everyone from the UK 🇬🇧 watching this 👊🏾

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[@betheBetterChoice]

Ben's story is really motivational, his story gave me new business ideas. I feel that it is possible to achieve anything that i plan to become. i am already preparing in interview stories, that one day i might bring great value to my community. Thank you Ben......GYMSHARK

[@heikodatchi3715]

Far shorter video than I thought it would be BUT one of the most informative, motivational and the best!

[@davem39]

What a great interview! I’m going to share this with my brother Omar who has a dream very similar Ben! And my brother is a bodybuilder and hard worker! 🙏🏽

[@paulhaynes7522]

Amazing interview! Well done Ben👏

[@WishpondCA]

Great interview and such an inspiring story!

[@eeskridge3014]

Well, not 17, but 19 and I gotta say Ben's story makes him one of the two people I am trying to emulate. Will definitely watch this multiple times and take notes. Thank you✊

[@josedeluna2245]

Valuetainment providing great content 💯! Patrtick Bet David is the man! Learning a lot from your work

[@MARIOdeANGOLA]

Great entrepreneurial lesson from a successful Entrepreneur. Thanks, Ben for sharing your legacy. Thanks for this interview Patrick.

[@scarface416]

the discipline this guy had and ability to take risks is amazing and should be admired. great interview

[@dmpk9716]

I don't understand how this channel doesn't get more views

[@scottfarrington3780]

I know but he's such a good interviewer but he gets all the best people on here to interview aswell 👊

[@jbo3536]

KZbin screws with views and subscribers if the channel has given voice to any other points of views regarding covid. Dems want you inside, scared and masked

[@gymjunkiecrypto]

Check back later its only two hours in......lol...

[@richardparker123]

People are busy watching garbage like David Dobrik and PewDiePie

[@iaadhaq9177]

@@richardparker123 true

[@modelingsuccesssuccessfull2607]

Inspiration like no other! Bravo!

[@rebelbredclothingpod6inc705]

Very insightful interview, keeping the core values at the center of the business great!

[@anthonypanteleimon9351]

Thank you for this video. It was so helpful and focus creating for me. I am happy I was subscribed to your channel and I am grateful for your work. Thank you. Keep up your great work!!

[@girltalkwithdeedenise9571]

GymShark...what?!He's thaaaat young?I am inspired already.Thanks Bet David.

[@AnnaLeru]

I'm with you on that one. I'm inspired too.

[@od33bn]

Great interview feeling inspired thank you guys 💙

[@Rogershijianhui]

I really enjoy the interview

[@remotepenguin-unlimiteddes915]

Who thinks this interview deserves more views? Really enjoyed the great interview by Patrick and fascinating insights from Ben. Am a Gymshark customer myself. Many great ideas packed into this interview. Hope to see more people come to the show and share their ideas.

[@henryholsten8802]

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[@joshconsultancy]

Great interview pbd. Top line and bottom line growth is really impressive

[@TylerSinden]

A lot of hard work and dedication put in!

[@RickyAvelino]

Thanks Pat. Very inspiring. 👌

[@malinstarr3669]

I will definitely show this to my teenage sons as usual a brilliant interview thank you Patrick

[@ChinithaJohnson]

Great interview SO inspiring

[@snarskistomas]

Amazing Story!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@Thebravemovement]

Very inspiring. As an entrepreneur, I always get a lot of great value from hearing other entrepreneurs who have created wildly successful businesses. My takeaways from his message is that he had several ideas that DID NOT work but continued on his path to create. He eventually created a massively successful business which in all honesty probably didn’t happen due to anything other than having a product people wanted and scaled the business accordingly. Some ideas take off and others don’t. Just keep pushing forward and eventually something will work in a big way.

[@TheronGBurrough]

That was inspiring! Another successful fellow with parents who taught him to work hard, and to believe he could achieve his goals.

[@thomasmary548]

No 1:Don't only hope on government for income, No 2: As an individual look for different self income not only waiting on monthly wages No 3: Always save the little you can and think of what to do with it when it becomes good for capital It's 100% Good to have different way to gain income government has failed us so let's try to survive

[@carlhannah1691]

For real it's very important to have different streams of income and a diversified portfolio as for me I've already invested in crypto which is very profitable and easy to gain I'm so happy to start investing too than to have my money sleeping in bank ..

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That's true most people today have been having a lot of failures in forex and crypto sector because of poor orientation and bad experts

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[@Hackbridge1963]

I'm inspired! Thank you, both Patrick and Ben Francis 🙏🏾🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@nickcortese990]

Love This!

[@stefanodimichele2726]

What an excellent interview. Thanks

[@aliceshapirostudio]

Fantastic, Patrick. I learned much from this young man today!

[@cra1gf]

Brilliant story. Thank you, Patrick. Inspirational.

[@alexanderbanman9288]

I really like this video, I like his purpose-driven approach to business, not simply about growing and earning money. I was really impressed that he said they could quadruple their business but that's not what he believes in, he wants to keep serving his community. Incredibly powerful and I believe in that approach myself.

[@aijamal8280]

Great guest! Thank you!

[@chieduokoboshi1835]

Inspirational. This interview tells you all one needs to know about passion and believe.

[@charlesidem2953]

Brilliant interview! PBD never ceases to deliver. Ben is such a down to earth guy. Loved the classic British understatement where he said they made £5 profit on the supplements which wasn’t “particularly great” 😄 also never having “heard of £8k let alone seen it” 😄 just an incredible story of building from the ground up. Really inspiring 👏🏿👏🏿

[@Marcus_Sylvester]

Great overview of a young entrepreneur's path to success! 👍 👍 ✌

[@russellhoCFP]

Awesome!!!! This is a gem of a interview!!! Get @ChrisGuzman next founder of Alphalete!💪👍

[@TannerMarkley]

My two favorite entrepreneurs in one video. Inspiring to get my footwear company bigger than Nike.

[@kipedire1]

Great to know Ben started a Gym Shark business on the island of Mauritius as well! Thanks Ben

[@MMMM-wr6wk]

Fantastic interview, great guy!

[@rainyasmr4sleep]

Ben us such an inspiration to all of us young men who are aspiring to be future entrepreneurs. Many thanks Patrick for sharing this wisdom with us. 👌👌👌🌍🗝💡❤

[@samannia2909]

men and women!

[@jad1714]

Great interview

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Great interview!

[@obsessedglobal]

Great story, very bright young guys Lewis and Ben. Both very knowledgeable and wise for their age.

[@yosefseifu8548]

Very inspiring and valuable.

[@estebanserrano1303]

Great interview. Terrific young man.

[@rickmatsokotere2251]

I’m just waiting for GymShark to go public. As long as Ben is at the helm, I’ll defo be investing.

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[@fishjames100]

Good interview. I love how even though he had no idea that it was going to be that big he still worked so hard starting out to get there! Inspiring!

[@machtwoegrin6181]

LOve this channel, thanks guys

[@charliek3124]

He was able to solve a problem, fill a lifestyle need, at the right time, with a little bit of luck and hard work.

[@Pernection]

What was the problem?

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[@roidjones]

@@Pernection I don't think he 'solved a problem' per se, he didn't like the gym-wear available at the time and created something he would personally wear and has turned that into a successful business.

[@martoonsherpa1287]

he said he already started several fitness apps and community which failed before he started gym shark so it seems luck favours those who work hard and are persistent

[@swayfitness5777]

Patrick gets the best interviews, hopefully he also asks some good questions...

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Wow, an awesome interview.👍👍

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The only channel I subscribed that I actually listen to.

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@Chloe Morgan I thought Pat came out with a video of scammers using his name . If it was his channel, I would receive a reply from his channel m not you

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[@ahmadfarrall2097]

Great story, I was in my gym Perth Western Australia a few days ago and yep, the guy next to me was wearing gymshark clothes. Hats off to this guy

[@maks_b]

Excited for this one and the question your gonna be asking Pat

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[@ChrisEdi]

Looking forward to this one 💪😁

[@GloryBe2God]

Very insightful video/interview. Great content

[@thenewcedric]

I agree. I love watching contents like this because it makes me want to push myself to thrive harder. What part os your favorite?

[@laurajean5705]

It's not about the money. It's all about the passion.

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@Valuetainment skycrypto? Why your avatar is that of valuetainment? Your channel does not have any followers? No content? Would this be ... something Pat would not approve? And if he does...hmmm. Somebody clarify this ASAP

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[@vadimnobel7199]

This reminds me a lot of Phil Knights autobiography about founding Nike shoes.

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@@dgdg6143 Agreed!! Did one of their "agents" show you their "Business Plan" that resembles something very close to a triangle?

[@danielZ90X]

Great video and even greater success story!

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Best interview I've watched in a while

[@weezybabastudios]

Great interview, Pat. I learned from this as usual.

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[@garronphillip]

Great Interview! I switched from Under Armour and Nike to Gymshark for weight training six months ago. Gymshark has the best fit with the proper athletic cut and perfect amount of stretch. Customer For Life! Thanks PBD and Ben!

[@johnsmith-dq2wl]

Nike is waaay over-rated. It's the Nike brand that sells , not the quality.

[@trans-a.m.]

I’ve seen gym shark often but knew very little about it. Great interview. Great story.

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Never pressed like so fast! Amazing video and interview Pat!

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Fascinating and Inspiring !!!

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love his candidness

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valuable effort and content...

[@johnmolak]

Awesome success story! Hard work always pays off!