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Zumba is a fitness program that involves cardio and Latin-inspired dance. It was founded by Colombian dancer and choreographer Beto Pérez in 2001. [1] It currently has 200,000 locations, with 15 million people taking classes weekly, and is located in 180 countries. [2] [3] Zumba is a trademark owned by Zumba Fitness, LLC.
Alberto "Beto" Pérez (born 15 March 1970) is a Colombian dancer, choreographer, businessman, and Zumba instructor.He created the exercise fitness program Zumba in the late 1990s which involves dance and aerobic exercise elements with accompanying music, specifically Latin, and associated martial arts moves, squats, lunges, and other aerobic techniques.
Alberto Perlman was born to a Jewish family in Colombia in 1977, the great-grandson of an immigrant from Jerusalem. [1] [4] He has two brothers, Jeffrey and Joel. [4]His father owned a factory that made leather goods for export and operated a distribution center in the United States. [1]
Zumbi's mother Sabina was a sister of Ganga Zumba, who is said to have been the son of princess Aqualtune, daughter of an unknown King of Kongo.It is unknown if Zumbi's mother was also daughter of the princess, but this still makes him related to the Kongo nobility.
Calder is married to Patricia Calder, with whom he has two children. They live in the Cayman Islands. [1] [12]In May 2020, the ELMA Group of Foundations, which was founded by Calder and supports children's health and education initiatives around the world, pledged $107 million to fight COVID-19 in Africa.
James Park (born 1976/1977) is an American technology entrepreneur. He co-founded Fitbit and has been its CEO and president since September 2007. [2] He was named in 2015 among Fortune magazine's 40 Under 40, an annual ranking of the most influential young people in business. [3]
Jazzercise is a fitness franchise company founded by Judi Sheppard Missett in 1969 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, United States. The franchise's name is a portmanteau of "jazz" and "exercise." Jazzercise combines dancercise, martial arts and strength training with popular music for a full-body workout.
In the 1630s, Palmares was inherited by Aqualtune's son, Ganga Zumba, who ruled the city from a palace. The inhabitants used African style forges to make metal plows and scythes to harvest fields of corn, rice and manioc and created agricultural forests of palm and breadfruit.