Richard Talens

Richard Talens is an entrepreneur and fitness coach. He is the founder of Fitocracy, an online game and social network with over 10 million users. According to The Economist, Talens came up with the idea of Fitocracy from his past as a geek who played MMORPGs.

Besides being an entrepreneur, Richard also speaks and writes about his experience as a fitness coach and a growth hacker.

Richard was Mallory Hagan's fitness coach on her road to becoming Miss America 2013. Richard is also a regular fitness contributor for popular outlets like Lifehacker and Thrillist and has spoken about his fitness experience through TEDx.

Richard also writes about his extensive experience scaling companies as a growth marketer.

Richard has been written about in various outlets and books for his prolific dating history. Lulu, listed him as one of the top 10 rated men of 2014 and Mashable has written about his ability to get to sex in 10 texts or less. This is further discussed in former Fox News Host Andrea Tantaros's book, Tied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable.

Talens has a B.S. in Managing E-Commerce from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.