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.