Andrew Wyant

Andrew Scott Wyant (born November 22, 1968) is an American health and fitness entrepreneur who served as president and CEO of the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA).^[1][2][3]

Andrew S. Wyant
Born	Andrew Scott Wyant (1968-11-22) November 22, 1968 (age 56) Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania (BA) Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Organization	International Sports Sciences Association
Spouse	Kelly Geary ​ ​ (m. 2015)​
Relatives	Jack Wyant (brother)
Awards	Full list

He previously served as president of the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).^[4][5] Before joining the fitness industry, Wyant was responsible for leading the sales and marketing of LifeLock.^[6]

Early life and education

Andrew Scott Wyant was raised in Hamilton, Ohio, and moved to the Philadelphia Main Line suburb of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, in 1984, where he graduated from Harriton High School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, in 1987.^{[citation needed]}

He attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1991, where he received his BS in economics from the Wharton School of Business.^[7]

Career

After graduating from Wharton in 1991, Wyant worked in management consulting for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). After BCG, Wyant joined the Specialty Foods Corporation in 1993, where he served as executive vice president of Metz Baking Company. In 1997, he became president of Natural Golf Corporation,^[8] and was still in this leadership position when the company completed an IPO on the American Stock Exchange in 2003^[9]

In 2007, Wyant joined the start-up LifeLock, where he served as the head of marketing and was responsible for the growth and development of the LifeLock CEO's social security marketing campaign.^[10] Controversy over the Lifelock campaigns led to significant FTC settlements, while the company grew from $18.9 million in sales in 2007 to $193.9 million in 2011 under Wyant's marketing leadership.^{[further explanation needed] [11]} LifeLock was sold to Norton Symantec for $2.3 billion in 2016.^[12]

Wyant was named the president of the National Academy of Sports Medicine in 2011.^[13][14]

In 2018, Wyant joined ISSA as its president and CEO.^[15] In 2021, ISSA was acquired by Tailwind Capital^[16] in a transaction advised by Harris Williams.^[17]