Startup Cafe: Breakfast with Mark Goldston, Executive Chairman of The Beachbody Company
☕️Startup Cafe: Breakfast with Mark Goldston, Executive Chairman of The Beachbody Company
As part of Jeffrey Chernick’s podcast series, join us for an exclusive breakfast with Mark Goldston, a veteran public CEO and top executive for over 35 years at companies like United Online/NetZero, Einstein Noah Bagel Corp, Reebok, LA Gear, Faberge/Elizabeth Arden, Revlon, etc. He is a highly acclaimed turnaround expert and strategic advisor who’s driven over $3 billion in IPOs, acquisitions, and shareholder returns across a career spanning public markets, brand turnarounds, and bold M&A. Mark is the author of a best-selling book called “The Turnaround Prescription” and he is one of the world’s most prolific inventors with 135 US and Foreign patents. He is the creator of such breakthroughs as The Reebok Pump, LA Gear lighted shoes, Einstein Brothers Bagels, anti-aging skincare, fitness apparatus, and numerous technologies within the internet connectivity, content, digital media, storage, and search categories.
Mark is currently Executive Chairman of The Beachbody Company, the premier fitness and nutrition platform behind programs like P90X, Insanity, and Shakeology. He’s also General Partner at Athletic Propulsion Labs (APL), the luxury performance athletic footwear brand co-founded by his twin sons.
Agenda
8:45 - 9:45 am • Coffee and Socialize
9:45 - 10:30 am • Scheduled Experience
August 6th, 2025
GUEST: Mark Goldston
Mark Goldston has been the Executive Chairman of The Beachbody Company since June 2023. Mr. Goldston is also the Chairman and CEO of The Goldston Group, a renowned firm specializing in strategic advisory services, venture capital, and investments in emerging growth companies. Mark is also the General Partner of Athletic Propulsion Labs, LLC (“APL”), a luxury performance athletic footwear company and a General Partner and Co-Founder of Javergo Partners, a strategic advisory firm.
For the past several decades, Mark was a highly accomplished CEO of major corporations and startup companies. He was the youngest President of a Fortune 500 consumer products company at the age of 31 when he was at Faberge. He took two different companies public (IPO) as CEO and ran 5 different public companies. Mark has held the Chairman, CEO, President or top exec role at Revlon, Faberge/Elizabeth Arden, Reebok, LA Gear, Einstein Noah Bagel Corp., NetZero and United Online and a former Principal at Odyssey Partners, a major private equity firm. He was formerly named to the American Management “Dream Team” as the top marketing executive in the USA, International Entrepreneur of the Year by UMKC and the most respected public CEO in Los Angeles by the LABJ. He holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing and Finance from The Ohio State University and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University.
HOST: JEFFREY CHERNICK
Jeffrey Chernick is a serial entrepreneur, startup mentor, and angel investor/advisor. Currently based in Venice, California, Jeffrey is running his companies and giving back to his communities. A former Wall Street wealth manager, Jeffrey realized early on that creating something from nothing is where it’s at. His mobility company, RideAmigos - the first ride-share platform of its kind - has taken millions of cars off the road for thousands of companies across the US and Canada.
With over 15 million downloads and $9.5 million in venture funding, Vyng, his video caller ID app, boasts 4 billion videos played across 170 countries. Jeffrey has been featured by more than 30 media outlets, including TechCrunch, Forbes, NBC, ABC, and the LA Times. He is a guest lecturer in entrepreneurship at Pepperdine University’s MBA Program. In his spare time, Jeffrey DJs across the world with neon drumsticks.
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