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Brandon Cox(born May 17, 1972) is a health and fitness entrepreneur, yoga coach, as well as a Lululemon Athletica brand ambassador, and cofounder and regional owner of the nation’s largest chain of yoga studios CorePower Yoga.

Early life
Brandon Cox comes from a family of educators. He attended Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona and then Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona graduating with a business marketing degree.

Career
He began his career in the high-tech industry in Denver, Colorado as chief operating officer at a tech start-up. In 2002, he pursued yoga for stress relief and to lead a healthier lifestyle. His passion for yoga transformed into a career.

Fitness
In 2000, Brandon left his corporate job and moved to California to study yoga from top-names in the industry – Bikram Choudhury, Baron Baptiste and Cameron Shayne.

Learning from the top instructors in the world, Brandon offers many of the popular yoga styles -- including Vinyasa and Yoga Sculpt -- that have helped Hollywood actors like Jennifer Aniston and People Reporter Gabrielle Olya.

CorePower Yoga
Brandon partnered with Trevor Tice to open their first two yoga studios in 2002 in Denver.

CorePower Yoga acquired those two studios in 2004, and the two men joined Tim Johnson as part-owners. The three men began opening CorePower Yoga studios in the Northwest (Portland, Oregon) and Minneapolis, MN. In 2006, Point Loma opened in the San Diego, California area.

In 2014, Brandon expanded into the Central California Coast with his CorePower Yoga studios  when he opened his first CorePower Yoga studio in Santa Barbara followed by Goleta near the University of California  Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.

In 2018 & 2019, CorePower Yoga studios along the Central California Coast were recognized locally as the "Best of" Santa Barbara by residents.

CorePower Yoga is the largest yoga chain in the United States with more than 200 studios and 23 states.

Orangetheory Fitness
Orangetheory Fitness, founded in 2009, has over 600 locations worldwide.

Brandon opened a Goleta, California studio in 2017 and a Santa Barbara studio in 2020

Startups
Brandon is also a co-founder of Impact Hub Santa Barbara, an industrial loft style co-working space. In 2016, Brandon opened his second Impact Hub Santa Barbara location.

Advocacy
Brandon partners with Food Bank of Santa Barbara, California providing food, education and other resources to a network of hunger-relief organizations.

His yoga studios join with Stronger Together: Day of Healing to help those struggling with depression and mental illness. Brandon is a strong advocate of the Daniel T. Bryant Foundation through the Council on Alchoholism and Drug Abuse.