{"id":4537,"date":"2021-09-02T16:53:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T08:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.thefitsummit.com\/?post_type=all_speakers&#038;p=4537"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:41:50","slug":"dane-fort","status":"publish","type":"all_speakers","link":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/speakers\/dane-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Dane Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dane Fort is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman at California Wellness Group. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 28 years in leadership roles, Dane Fort\u2019s career in fitness and wellness spans five countries. In his present role as Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, of California Wellness Group, he oversees the operations of 62 fitness clubs and beauty clinics employing over 4,000 staff across seven cities in Vietnam.<br>&nbsp;<br>As one of the founding partners of California Fitness in Vietnam, Dane is driven by a vision of improving the health of all of his adopted homeland\u2019s 96 million people. This vision for the fast growing southeast Asian nation has seen him pioneer both an industry and revolution in wellness in the country. &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Dane\u2019s career began in his native US, where he joined 24 Hour Fitness \u2013 then the world\u2019s largest privately owned fitness company. He made his mark there as one of its top sales and marketing professionals and was offered the opportunity to join the Group\u2019s Asia subsidiary, California Fitness. This saw him operating fitness centers in both Hong Kong and Malaysia.<br>&nbsp;<br>Dane is a rigorous advocate for wellness and fitness. The avid outdoor sportsman regularly participates in marathons and triathlons around Asia and has an enviable daily fitness regime that reflects the passion with which he promotes his industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dane is a speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/asia\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/world\/\">Beyond Activ Asia<\/a> in Bangkok, Thailand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO, Vietnam<\/p>\n<h5>Fitness &#038; Lifestyle Group<\/p>\n<h5>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35479,"template":"","speakers-type":[18,65,82,10,66,7],"class_list":["post-4537","all_speakers","type-all_speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speakers-type-2023-world-speakers","speakers-type-2025-world-speakers","speakers-type-2026-asia-speakers","speakers-type-advisor-committee","speakers-type-2025-world-health","speakers-type-leadership-partner"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_speakers\/4537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/all_speakers"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speakers-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers-type?post=4537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}