Mannee de Wet

Managing Director, Planet Fitness

Mannee de Wet is Managing Director of Planet Fitness.

Planet Fitness is a South African health club chain founded in 1995 by Mannee de Wet and Manny Rivera, with 51 clubs and about 220 000 members. De Wet trained as a commercial pilot before starting the first club in Benoni at 25.

In the job

  1. Set a target of five new clubs a year until 2030, taking the chain to about 75 clubs. Source

  2. Opened clubs in Durbanville and Fourways Mall and became the official HYROX training partner in South Africa. Source

Career before

  1. 1995Co-founder, Planet Fitness

Sources

  1. businessreport.co.za
  2. ewn.co.za
  3. businesstech.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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