Mark S. Mastrov is an American businessman who is the founder and former CEO of

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. He is also part of the Sacramento Kings ownership group.

Career

The 24 Hour Fitness began in 1983 as a one-club operation called 24 Hour Nautilus. Mark Mastrov and Leonard Schlemm began the firm, with Mastrov and Schlemm remaining to continue its expansion. In 1998

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and Mark Mastrov co-founded Fitness Holdings Europe, a private-equity-backed investment vehicle, to open and acquire small chains of European health clubs. Fitness Holdings Europe was merged into 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc. in 2000. In 2010 Mastrov founded

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with

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, her manager Guy Oseary. In 2013 Mastrov became a member of a new Sacramento Kings ownership group, which was led by Vivek Ranadivé. In November 2015 he founded professional

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team NRG Esports with Gerard Kelly and Andy Miller.

Personal life

Mastrov was born in 1958 in

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, California. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Castro Valley High School where he played

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. He has a bachelor's degree in business from California State University, Hayward.

References

Living people 1958 births People from the San Francisco Bay Area People from Oakland, California Sacramento Kings executives Esports team owners California State University, East Bay alumni NRG Esports {{business-bio-stub