
Success Stories:
John Foley
Founder, Peloton
Quick Stats
Company:
- Peleton
Founder:
- John Foley
Headquarters:
- New York City, New York
Company Worth:
- Estimated company worth is 4 billion
Education:
- BS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology
- MBA from Harvard Business School
Awards:
- 13 Emmys won by Peleton Proudction Team over the course of their career in television
Story
Founded by John Foley, creates a cutting edge fitness experience that makes working out at home a viable and exciting option. Peloton uses technology to bring group exercise into a user’s home.
After working on a factory line at Mars candy company for five years in order to pay his way through college. Foley decided to make a change. He moved to a tech company called Citysearch, where he encountered a small taste of the business world and realized he wanted to be part of it. After obtaining a business degree at Harvard Business School, he moved on to work in business at Barnes and Nobles.