{"id":51895,"date":"2024-08-15T11:29:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T03:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/?post_type=all_speakers&#038;p=51895"},"modified":"2024-08-15T11:29:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T03:29:42","slug":"chris-farnsworth","status":"publish","type":"all_speakers","link":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/speakers\/chris-farnsworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Farnsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chris Farnsworth is a litigation attorney turned Inc. 5000 wellness entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livemetta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LiveMetta Pilates and Yoga<\/a>\u00a0in Southern California.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris is the Founder and CEO of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livemetta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LiveMetta Pilates and Yoga<\/a>,\u00a0a collection of boutique studios in Southern California and an Inc. 5000 fastest growing company in the US for 2023 and 2024. After leaving a career as a litigation attorney in 2019, Chris and LiveMetta have completed 7 acquisitions of Pilates and yoga studios, rolling them into a common brand &#8211; all of which have seen revenue growth ranging from 50% to over 300% post-acquisition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LiveMetta&#8217;s Pilates studios are proud Merrithew\u2122\/STOTT PILATES\u00ae\u00a0Licensed Training Centers. LiveMetta\u00a0has grown its education revenue by more than 100% over the last 3 years.\u00a0 LiveMetta opened its first greenfield studio in July and was profitable in its first month of operations. LiveMetta will open its 9th and 10th locations before the end of the year and will begin offering franchise licenses in Q1 of 2025.\u00a0LiveMetta&#8217;s\u00a0culture is built on the principle of Loving-Kindness, or &#8220;metta.&#8221;\u00a0 Chris believes in the power of the shared human experience and sees LiveMetta (and its non-profit LiveMetta Heartspace) as vehicles to serve others.\u00a0 LiveMetta&#8217;s mission is simple &#8211; to inspire love.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, LA Times, among other publications.\u00a0Chris is also a speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/americas\/\">Beyond Activ Americas<\/a> in NYC, USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Farnsworth is a litigation attorney turned Inc. 5000 wellness entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of\u00a0LiveMetta Pilates and Yoga\u00a0in Southern California. Chris is the Founder and CEO of\u00a0LiveMetta Pilates and Yoga,\u00a0a collection of boutique studios in Southern California and an Inc. 5000 fastest growing company in the US for 2023 and 2024. After leaving a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":51896,"template":"","speakers-type":[59],"class_list":["post-51895","all_speakers","type-all_speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speakers-type-2024-americas-speakers-confirmed"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_speakers\/51895","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\/51896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speakers-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers-type?post=51895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}