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Gary Heavin (born 1955) is an American businessman from Texas. He is the founder of the fitness chain Curves International. Career. Heavin dropped out of college at age 20 and took over a failing fitness center in Houston, Texas. Along with his brother David, he built the business into a chain of 14 locations.
Gary Heavin build a billion-dollar business by saving the world's women from obesity. Today the company has more than 11, 000 centres worldwide with over 4 million members and it could be found in 90 countries.
Gary Heavin had lost his mother when he was just 13 years old. His mother passed away in her sleep, as Gary tells it, and Gary was the one who discovered that she was dead. The causes of death were not hard to discern: a long-running struggle with diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.
Gary Heavin is an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of the fitness center chain Curves International. Heavin was born in 1958 in Greater Third Ward, Houston, Texas, United States. He is currently 65 years old.
Curves' founder and CEO, Gary Heavin, was already a fitness industry veteran when he opened the first Curves for Women gym in Harlingen, Texas, in 1992.
Curves International, also known as Curves for Women, Curves Fitness, or just Curves, is an international fitness franchise co-founded by Gary and Diane Heavin in 1992. As of May 31, 2019, Curves lists 367 franchise locations open in the United States on their Facebook page.
Oct 1, 2006 · Gary Heavin Is On a Mission From God. His goal: To single-handedly save the world's women from obesity. With Curves, he seems to be pulling it off. And he's built a billion-dollar business along...
