24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc. | Company's Founding Dating to the Early 1980s
Company's Founding Dating to the Early 1980s
The man behind the founding of 24 Hour Fitness is its chief executive officer and chairman, Mark S. Mastrov. He was born in Oakland, California, and raised in nearby Castro Valley. While attending junior college, Mastrov played on the basketball team and blew out his knee; to rehabilitate his injury he relied on Nautilus machines. While earning a business administration degree from California State University at Hayward, Mastrov began working out at a small health club, 5,000 square feet in size, in San Leandro, California. Because he was familiar with the club's Nautilus equipment through his rehab, the owner offered Mastrov a job training the staff on how to properly use the machines. Instead, Mastrov agreed to work four hours a week at the club in exchange for a free membership. He completed his degree and found work as a natural foods salesman, but switched to the fitness industry when the club owner decided to...
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