#31: Melanie Whelan, SoulCycle CEO

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Melanie Whelan joined SoulCycle as the COO in 2012 and became the CEO just three years later. Since then, she's landed a spot on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list and continues to oversee unprecedented growth at the company. Whelan talks about the future of SoulCycle and how she balances being both a mom and CEO. Like what we're doing? Leave a review! ----> http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 Learn more about SoulCycle: https://www.soul-cycle.com/ Follow Melanie on Twitter: @MelanieWhelan1 Follow Melanie on Instagram: @melanieanya Follow SoulCycle on Twitter and Instagram: @soulcycle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, a quick note before we start.
0:02.9	I wanted to let you all know that the second season of Robin Roberts' podcast, Everybody's Got Something, is out tomorrow.
0:10.8	Robin is someone that I've always looked up to, and her podcast is one of my favorites.
0:15.5	You can find it right here where you're listening now or at Robinpodcast.com.
0:20.7	I want to create an environment where working mothers cannot just survive, but thrive.
0:25.5	I bring my kids to the office all the time.
0:27.5	When I ride on the weekends, I bring them with me to the studios.
0:30.3	They know how to detab waters.
0:31.5	They know how to spray shoes.
0:32.7	They know how to moth between the classes.
0:34.7	And that's how we do it.
0:35.6	It's not pretty, but we get it done.
0:37.7	Welcome to No Limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis. Each week we're talking to women playing at the
0:45.1	top of their game. So how are they doing it? Whether you're looking for answers or you just
0:52.3	want to hear a good story, you're in the right place.
0:57.9	Melanie Waylon, the CEO of SoulCycle, welcome to No Limits.
1:01.3	Thank you for having me. Great to see you.
1:03.2	It's great to see you too. We've had some really fun times at SoulCycle. Yes.
1:08.0	As the CEO of SoulCycle, do you feel pressure to work out all the time to be on a SoulCycle. Yes. As the CEO of SoulCycle, do you feel pressure to work out all the time to be on a
1:14.9	sole cycle bike every single morning or afternoon or whatever it is? I view it more as a privilege,
1:19.9	honestly, because I can integrate it into my workday. It's part of what we do, and it's part of
1:24.2	being a leader at the company, is staying connected to the riders. And I love it because
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