Steve Hewitt Keynote Speaker

Steve Hewitt is a Birmingham-based leader and keynote speaker on culture, scaling and brand growth. He is best known for helping transform Gymshark from a fast-growing start-up into a global fitness “unicorn” valued at $1.5 billion. As CEO of Gymshark from 2017 to 2021, he helped scale the company from around £4 million to more than £400 million in annual revenue, while the brand became one of the UK’s fastest-growing private companies, topping The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 and attracting landmark investment from General Atlantic in 2020.

Steve joined Gymshark in 2014 as an advisor, became Managing Director in 2015 and then CEO in 2017, overseeing its evolution into a global direct-to-consumer powerhouse. He is widely recognised for championing a “Christmas Eve on a Sunday night” culture, where people feel genuinely energised for the week ahead. Today he leads We Are Whānau, an advisory and investment business partnering with high-growth SME brands to define their North Star, scale internationally and protect the culture that made them special.

He also chairs outdoor lifestyle brand Passenger and backs a portfolio of disruptive consumer businesses, including Au Vodka and D. Louise. True to his “Growth for Good” philosophy, a share of We Are Whānau’s profits is directed to youth-focused charities such as Birmingham Children’s Hospital and St Basils, where he also contributes through the hospital’s Changemakers network. He is regularly invited to speak at major events across retail, technology and entrepreneurship.

On stage, Steve blends candid stories of Black Friday meltdowns, billion-dollar valuations and culture resets with frameworks leaders can apply the very next day. Whether he is speaking to founders, executive teams or global corporations, he equips audiences with the mindset and tools to scale brands, unlock their North Star and build organisations that are both commercially extraordinary and genuinely human.