Augie Nieto is the co-founder of Life Fitness, a global leader in the fitness industry. He was one of the original pioneers in the fitness industry and was president of Life Fitness for nearly 25 years until they were acquired by Brunswick Corporation in 1997.
Currently, Augie serves as an operating advisor to North Castle Partners, a private equity firm, and is on the board of Curves, Jenny Craig, and Hydromassage. Augie formerly served on the board of Quest Software, where he was one of four members of its 'Special Committee' that negotiated the sale of Quest Software to Dell Computers in 2012. He also served on the board of Dynavox Systems, a developer of speech generating systems, and was Chairman of the Board of Octane Fitness.
Augie is Chairman of the Board of the ALS Therapy Development Institute in Cambridge, MA, the world’s largest ALS dedicated drug development organization. He is the Chief Inspirational Officer for Augie's Quest, an aggressive, cure-driven, international fundraising effort, having raised over $45 million to date to fund research at the ALS Therapy Development Institute.