World Gym 2684006 159991961 2007-09-24T11:30:25Z Adavidb 2413055 f->F {{Infobox Company | name = World Gym | logo = | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | genre = [[Physical fitness|Fitness]] | foundation = 1977 | founder = [[Joe Gold]] | location_city = | location_country = | location = [[Dover, New Hampshire]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_6rrmtl |title=T R World Gym, LLC Company Profile |accessdate=2007-09-19 |publisher=Manta }}</ref> | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = [[Planet Fitness]] | divisions = | subsid = | slogan = | homepage = http://www.worldgym.com | footnotes = | intl = }} '''World Gym''' is an [[United States|American]] chain of [[gym]]s, reportedly the second largest worldwide in 2002 after [[Gold's Gym]].<ref name=Flex>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_1_20/ai_98432739 |title=Good as Gold: touching base with bodybuilding legend Joe Gold |accessdate=2007-09-24 |last=Merritt |first=Greg |month=March |year=2002 |publisher=[[Flex (magazine)|Flex]] }}</ref> Founded in 1977 by [[Joe Gold]] seven years after he sold the Gold's Gym chain, its first location was in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name=Flex /> The first World Gym [[Franchising|franchise]] was sold in 1981 in [[Mentor, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgymohio.com/history.htm |title=History |accessdate=2007-09-24 |publisher=World Gym Ohio }}</ref> [[Planet Fitness]] bought World Gym in 2006 for more than $10 million, with both clubs to serve "different types of health club goers" according to Chris Rondeau, CEO of franchising for World Gym.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fitnessbusinesspro.com/forprofits/planet-world-meeting-vegas/ |title=Planet Fitness, World Gym Owners Meet in Vegas |accessdate=2007-09-24 |last=Goldman |first=Stuart |date=[[2007-09-10]] |publisher=Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.worldgym.com World Gym] Official website [[Category:franchises|World Gym]] {{leisure-company-stub}}