Sep 6, 2022
HALO Talks: Live at IHRSA
Pete founded Integrity Square, the leading advisor and a seed
investor to the Health, Active Lifestyle & Outdoors ("HALO")
industry, in April 2010. Prior to founding Integrity Square, Pete
was Head of the Active Lifestyle & Wellness Group at Sagent
Advisors Inc., since late 2003. In this capacity, he assisted in
closing over $1.5 billion in transactions across multiple sectors.
Prior to joining Sagent, Pete was the co-founder and Chief
Financial Officer of FitnessInsite (from 2000-2003), the leading
web-based salesforce management and online fitness & nutrition
Application Service Provider to the health club, sports
performance, corporate wellness and personal training sector. In
this capacity, Pete learned frst-hand the difficulties in growing a
small business (and writing personal checks to cover payroll!).
Earlier in his career, Pete was a Senior Associate at Brockway
Moran & Partners (1999-2000), a $900 million private equity firm
based in Florida and prior owner of Golds Gym, Inc.; an Associate
at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; and an Analyst at Chase
Securities. Pete is also a frequent guest lecturer at Fordham
University on entrepreneurial finance. Board, Xtend Barre Holdings.
Current Host and Founder of the HALOtalks Podcast Network.
Co-founder of IRON PLANET in 1999, sold for $758 million to Ritchie
Bros. in 2017.
Links:
https://www.futureoffitness.co/
https://www.integritysq.com/