Eric Roza: CrossFit’s new CEO on Health, Happiness, and Performance PH158

<p style="text-align:center;">“So, you have this term sheet, and the term sheet is non-binding, either party can walk away.  The most important part of it is that you’re agreed on some basics for the transaction, and there’s what’s called a no-shop or exclusivity period. Usually lawyers write that, and that says that the seller can’t talk to anybody else. You can do a lot of work, spend a lot of time, spend a lot of money figuring out how this is going to happen.  So, instead of talking to any lawyers, I just said I’m going to write this myself right from the heart. So, I wrote - I basically said, “Greg, please don’t shop this deal or try to negotiate it in anyway. I’m not commodity money. I’m a passionate [person] who wants to spend the rest of his life building on your legacy.” And, it was my first version of this notion of being the world’s leading platform for health, happiness, and performance.” - Eric Roza</p> <p>When <a href='https://www.crossfit.com/'>CrossFit, Inc.</a> announced that Eric Roza would be taking over as the new owner and CEO, the news was met with excitement and enthusiasm from the CrossFit community. As a longtime CrossFit athlete and affiliate owner, he has experienced first-hand the power of CrossFit to forge bonds and bring people together, as well as the challenges facing affiliate owners.</p> <p>Eric brings much more than just a passion for CrossFit to the table.  He has a wealth of experience as an entrepreneur, business owner, executive, and consultant.</p> <p>Eric studied Economics at the <a href='https://lsa.umich.edu/econ'>University of Michigan</a>, and completed his Masters of Business Administration at <a href='https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/'>Stanford University Graduate School of Business</a>.  In 2007 he founded Datalogix and served as CEO until the company was acquired by Oracle in 2015.  From there he led Oracle's Data Cloud.  Most recently he's served as an executive in residence for a venture capital firm and taught entrepreneur leadership as an adjunct professor