Angel Fest 2025 - Headline Speaker: Chuck Runyon

Chuck Runyon, co-founder and CEO of Anytime Fitness, offered a powerful perspective on scaling companies while preserving company culture. His keynote focused on the importance of culture, not as a buzzword, but as the foundation of a thriving business and placing people first. He explained how a deliberate “culture of care” allowed Anytime Fitness to grow from a local gym to a global fitness brand without sacrificing its core values. Chuck challenged the audience to rethink what culture really means, it’s not an HR initiative, it’s what lives in your team’s daily behavior. If your values don’t show up in your people, you don’t have a culture. His message resonated, sustainable growth doesn’t come from scale alone, it comes from trust, alignment, and care.