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Payal Kadakia
ClassPass is an American company operating a subscription platform for fitness, wellness, lifestyle experiences, and more.1
About
ClassPass is an American company operating a subscription platform for fitness, wellness, lifestyle experiences, and more. Founded in 2013, it was acquired by Mindbody Inc in 2021. In June 2025, Playlist was created as a parent brand, uniting ClassPass with Mindbody & Booker under a single identity.
From Wikipedia’s article on Payal Kadakia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology3
Career
Occupation: businessperson.5
Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States6
Legal issues and controversies
ClassPass has been criticized for undercutting the business model of the health clubs that it relies on, with a 2015 article in The New York Times describing it as a "middleman" between consumers and health clubs, and arguing that a "power imbalance" exists between the health clubs' owners and ClassPass which mirrors the relationship with other digital intermediary services such as Amazon.com and Uber. The service has accounted for lower margins at some gyms where owners limit the number of members "to prevent being cannibalized".
In May 2025, ClassPass disclosed data in an article with Athletech News to prove their incremental value to partners in the industry.
From Wikipedia’s article on Payal Kadakia (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- 1WikidataPayal Kadakia on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPayal Kadakia on Wikipedia
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- 7WikidataClassPass, Founder
- 8Wikimedia CommonsPayal Kadakia photo by TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0