Billy Salum

Billy Salum cofounded Fitness Gallery with his brother, Donnie, in 1997.

He grew up an athlete, in grade school he played football, wrestled, and ran track. He later became an All-State athlete, lettering eleven times in high school before going on to play football in college.

His first fitness job was delivering fitness equipment in 1990. He soon began working on the retail floor and found he had a knack for sales: in two months he became the top salesman. In that same year he broke the store record for sales each month, and the year after that he even surpassed his previous year’s records. He became the store manager at Exercise Equipment of Arizona.

He later moved to Colorado where he and his brother, Donnie, opened Fitness Gallery. And now 25 years later, he’s still working to grow the business by his brother’s side. In his free time he enjoys playing golf and spending time in the mountains and with his grandkids.