Lindsay G. Merrithew

Lindsay G. Merrithew

Lindsay G. Merrithew, CEO, Merrithew Health and Fitness, April, 2013
Born Lindsay Gerald Merrithew
February 21, 1964
Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation

President & CEO of MH&F / STOTT PILATES

Co-founder of the STOTT PILATES brand
Spouse(s) Moira Merrithew (m. 1988)
Children 2 Children

Lindsay G. Merrithew (born 1964, Woodstock, New Brunswick) is Canadian entrepreneur, executive producer, producer, and actor. He is best known as a co-founder of Stott Pilates, an approach to the methods of Joseph Pilates. Lindsay has twice been a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Media & Entertainment), is a five-time recipient of PROFIT Magazine’s 100 Fasting-Growing Companies award and is the co-recipient of the 2012 Inner IDEA Inspiration award,[1] which recognizes individuals with outstanding leadership in the field of wellness. Lindsay along with his wife Moira[2][3] have spent over 25[4] years promoting the benefits of responsible exercise[5][6][7] through their company Merrithew Health & Fitness.[8]

Lindsay is a past member of Ontario’s Innovators Alliance for Canadian entrepreneurs.

Early life and education

Lindsay was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada to Gerald and Ada Merrithew, and has two sisters, Karen and Janet. Gerald was an employee of the San Francisco-based engineering firm Bechtel, which led Lindsay to live in many locations across Canada.

At the age of 16, he attended the private boys school Rothesay Collegiate School (now Rothesay Netherwood School) in Rothesay, New Brunswick. He received his B. Comm from Dalhousie University in 1983 and also studied drama at the Juilliard School of Performing Arts (Group 15).

Career

Health & fitness industry

In 1988, Lindsay, with his business partner and wife, Moira, opened the first Stott Pilates[9] Studio in Toronto, Canada, which evolved into Merrithew Health & Fitness, and he is now President and CEO of the company.

Pilates equipment

Early in the 1990s, Lindsay set about designing the company’s proprietary line of Pilates equipment, which was adjustable to suit individual users, regardless of their height. Lindsay is an inventor who holds patents in the US, Canada, and elsewhere for a reformer appararus[10][11] and the adjustable reformer,[12][13] and he has patents pending in Australia and Brazil.

In 1993, Lindsay established a manufacturing facility in Toronto, Ontario and began selling, marketing, and shipping equipment around the world. Today his equipment is manufactured in Ontario, Canada, mainland China, and under licence in Brazil.

Pilates education

By 1995, the education division of STOTT PILATES was established under Lindsay’s guidance and in 2013 there are over 35,000[8][14] trained in the Stott Pilates method.

Fitness DVDs

In 1997, Lindsay launched the Stott Pilates video line, and has been executive producer or producer for over 150 professional and home exercise DVDs and videos.[15]

Acting

Merrithew started his acting career in the mid-1980s and appeared in the made-for-television movie Perry Mason Returns, alongside Raymond Burr. He has held several recurring and guest lead roles, including the recurring role of Victor Kenilworth on the award-winning series Traders. Lindsay had a leading role in the 1993 American made-for-television drama film Family Pictures based on the novel of the same name by Sue Miller. It was directed by Philip Saville and stars Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Kyra Sedgwick, and Dermot Mulroney. The film earned Anjelica Huston a nomination for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film at the 51st Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or a Special at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Merrithew's first feature-film role came in 1991 when he appeared in the horror film Body Parts. His filmography includes a mix of genres which includes playing Brutus in a filmed production of Julius Caesar for Bravo.

Merrithew has appeared in several productions at the Shaw Festival, a Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

Filmography

Personal life

Penobscot off the coast, near East Boothbay, Maine, 2013.
Penobscot off the coast, near East Boothbay, Maine, 2013.

Lindsay is married to Moira Merrithew. They have two children, Olivia and Michael. Lindsay’s hobbies include sailing, golf, tennis, and general keeping in shape. He is also restoring Charles Mower’s 1923 R Class Boat, the Penobscot, in Brooklin, Maine.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 2012 Inner IDEA Inspiration award
  2. ↑ Power couple: Moira Stott-Merrithew and Lindsay Merrithew are striking it rich with the hot exercise trend called Pilates, Canadian Business | 1 April 2002
  3. ↑ "A Complementary Couple". Pilates Style. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Merrithew Health & Fitness Celebrates 25 Years of Changing Lives with the Merrithew Mindful Movement World Tour
  5. ↑ Interview with Lindsay and Moira Merrithew, PilatesDigest, July 23, 2008
  6. ↑ Value Proposition Merrithew, Club Business International, 172-173 Feld, Jon. March, 2011
  7. ↑ The One for All: If you want to develop a world-class brand, the IHRSA connection can help Club Business International, 90-91. Amend, Patricia March, 2008
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 IDEA World Fitness Convention Includes MindBody Crowd, "Industry giant Merrithew Health & Fitness...", Teresa Bergen, Yogi Times, 2012
  9. ↑ Moira and Lindsay G. Merrithew started STOTT PILATES nearly 20 years ago, www.ideafit.com, February, 2008
  10. ↑ Patent for Reformer Apparatus, patft.uspto.gov, 11 August 1998
  11. ↑ Patent for Reformer Apparatus, brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca, 20 April 2004
  12. ↑ Patent For The Adjustable Reformer, patft.uspto.gov, 28 December 2010
  13. ↑ Patent for Adjustable Reformer, brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca, 25 March 2008
  14. ↑ Merrithew Marks Its Silver Anniversary, Angelique Flores, Home Media Magazine, 20 March 2012
  15. ↑ Fifty new fitness DVDs, The Fit Press, 20 March 2012

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