A 28-year-old former pizza delivery boy has become one of the UK's wealthiest young entrepreneurs after agreeing a deal which valued his business at over £1bn.
Ben Francis was a 19-year-old student when he founded Gymshark, a fitness clothing brand, from his parents' garage in 2011.
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Mr Francis rapidly expanded the company after gaining traction on social media. Slotland bonus codes 2017.
He confirmed on Friday that the company has sealed an investment deal which will value the company, which is based in Solihull in the West Midlands, at more than £1bn.
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It gained the mammoth valuation after the US-based private equity firm General Atlantic sealed an investment in the company to take a 21% stake.
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The deal will value Mr Francis' stake, of around 70% of the company, at more than £700m.
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The retail business currently employs around 500 staff and raked in revenues of over £250m in its last fiscal year.
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Ben Francis was a 19-year-old student when he founded Gymshark, a fitness clothing brand, from his parents' garage in 2011.
- Alefantis, an artist born and raised in Washington, co-founded Comet Ping Pong 10 years ago as a casual spot for clay oven pizza. The restaurant has kid-friendly features like Ping-Pong tables.
- It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story by Lauren Morrill. All's fair in love and pizza Beck is sick of being known as the Hot ‘N Crusty Bathroom Baby. After her mother gave birth to her in the bathroom of a local pizzeria, she's been given the dubious honor of having minor fame, free pizza for life, and a guaranteed job when she turns sixteen—a job she unfortunately can't afford to.
- The World's Strictest Parents (or World's Strictest Parents) is a television reality series developed by TwentyTwenty Television with its original broadcast in Britain by the BBC.The success of the program led to many international versions being created including in the America's (broadcast by CMT) (part of MTV Networks) and Australia by the Channel Seven, the CMT episodes.
YouTube suffers outage for more than two hours with hundreds of thousands of users around the world unable to play videos or stream YouTube TV. Pizza parlor,' Clinton. Parents should know.
Mr Francis rapidly expanded the company after gaining traction on social media. Slotland bonus codes 2017.
He confirmed on Friday that the company has sealed an investment deal which will value the company, which is based in Solihull in the West Midlands, at more than £1bn.
Youtube World's Strictest Parents
It gained the mammoth valuation after the US-based private equity firm General Atlantic sealed an investment in the company to take a 21% stake.
World Strictest Parents Pizza Parlor Youtube 2017
The deal will value Mr Francis' stake, of around 70% of the company, at more than £700m.
World's Strictest Parents India
The retail business currently employs around 500 staff and raked in revenues of over £250m in its last fiscal year.
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Mr Francis said: 'It has been an incredible ride over the last eight years to get to this point, but today signals the next chapter in the Gymshark story.
'We are nothing without our community, so we will use this new investment partnership to get even closer to them on a truly global scale.
'I'm incredibly proud of what Gymshark has achieved to date from our roots in Birmingham, but it's all about looking forward.
'I firmly believe Gymshark has the potential to be to the UK what Nike is to the US and Adidas is to Germany, and today is a significant step to realising that.'
Gabriel Caillaux, co-president, managing director and head of General Atlantic's European business, said: 'We believe Gymshark is an authentic, disruptive and differentiated brand.
'Against a backdrop of rising social media usage, rapid growth of e-commerce and increasing focus on health and wellness, Gymshark is positioned to seize the opportunity of further growth.'
