GoKawiilFormer PepsiCo Executive Opens Hotworx Fitness Franchise in Chicago After Cancer Diagnosis
Gwynda Jones, a 30-year PepsiCo executive who survived a heart attack, stroke and a rare cancer diagnosis that doctors said would kill her within months, opened a Hotworx franchise in downtown Chicago in 2023. She funded the roughly $500,000 venture largely with retirement savings built up over 38 years, choosing the infrared-sauna fitness concept because it required a small staff and no in-house instructors.