India, Oct. 11 -- Owen Akhibi, founder of New York City-based social fitness community Peak and Pace, has turned a free running club into a lucrative side hustle, generating $640,000 (around Rs.6 crore) in revenue in 2025.

According to a report by CNBC Make It, Akhibi launched Peak and Pace in July 2024 while working in algorithmic trading sales at JPMorgan. Having moved from London to New York, he wanted to find a way to meet people and build friendships beyond the city's nightlife scene. What started as an attempt to build meaningful social connections has now grown into a community that attracted around 30,000 attendees across its events last year.

Akhibi shared that the idea was to create a community where people could connect throu...