GNC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GNC)

300 6th Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (Map)
Phone: 412-288-4600
Fax: 412-288-4764
http://www.gnc.com

Overview

What's good for the GNC customer is great for the company's bottom line. GNC Holdings operates the world's leading nutritional-supplements retail chain devoted to items such as vitamins and dietary products. The firm makes Rite Aid private-label products and through a partnership with drugstore.com sells its products online. Altogether, GNC has some 7,200 stores, consisting of 2,900 company-owned stores in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, followed by 2,300 franchised stores in 46 countries, and 2,000 store-within-a-store sites in Rite Aid locations. GNC is owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Board Plan, its affiliate Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, and management. The company went public in April 2011.

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Key financials for GNC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GNC)

Company Type Public (NYSE: GNC)
Fiscal Year-End December
2010 Sales (mil.) £1,177.8
1-Year Sales Growth 6.7%
2010 Net Income (mil.) £72.4
1-Year Net Income Growth 61.0%
2010 Employees 13,086
1-Year Employee Growth 2.7%
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Chairman Norman Axelrod
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CEO and Director Joseph (Joe) Fortunato
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