What is Eric Villency’s net worth?
Eric Villency is an American businessman who has a net worth of $15 million. Eric Villency serves as the CEO of Villency Design Group, a design and innovation company.
He was born on June 10, 1975, in New York City, New York, USA, as Eric Scot Villency.
Villency graduated from the University of Wisconsin.
In 1998, he became the CEO of Villency Design Group, a design firm that works on projects in many disciplines, including hospitality design, fashion apparel, industrial design, and product development.
Villency Design Group was founded in 1932 as a furniture company in New York City by his grandfather, Maurice Villency.
”I loved to hear him talk about not only his furniture and the art he made, but also the artists and designers he admired,” Eric said about his grandfather.
In 2003, he was named “The Wizard of Wellness” by Well + Good.
In 2008, Eric launched Villency Pure Design.
SoulCycle
In 2011, Villency designed a bike for SoulCycle, a New York City-based fitness company.
”SoulCycle was a tenant in the boutique mall I built, and that was the entry into it,” he told Gear Patrol.
SoulCycle staff came to him with a different question.
“They were interested in product development and asked if I knew anyone,” Villency said in a 2018 interview. He offered his studio for the job.
Steel won. Inc. reported in 2015 that SoulCycle set out in 2012 to design a stationary unit from scratch, six years after the company opened, to replace Schwinn bikes in its classes.
Villency’s version came out in carbon steel at 137 pounds (10 to 30 percent heavier than comparable models, per that report).
Reason was traffic.
Twelve different riders use each SoulCycle machine per day.
“Having that weight and stability was a big part of the thought process behind the design,” he explained to Inc. (Inc., 2015).
On rivals he was less diplomatic.
“Most of them are utilitarian and look like soviet spies made them.” Inc. listed SoulCycle’s branded units at $2,200 each.
Peloton
After he completed the project for SoulCycle, Villency designed bikes for Peloton and Studio Three.
”When you look at both the Peloton and SoulCycle bikes, you’re looking at two very different designs,” Villency explained.
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How early did Peloton call?
“They didn’t even have a logo yet,” Villency recalled.
At that stage, by Gear Patrol’s account, Peloton put most of its energy into tech and brought his team in for hardware.
The Peloton bike that Eric designed was called ”the best cardio machine on the planet” in 2015 by Men’s Health.
In 2018, Eric said that they have plans to create designed cycling shoes, athletic gloves, customizable dumbbells, and yoga mats.
340 pounds of carbon steel
His firm got calls it had no way to answer.
“We were always getting calls. ‘Hey, can I buy a Peloton or SoulCycle bike?’ [our answer was] ‘Well, no,'” Villency said in 2018 (Gear Patrol, 2018).
November 2018 changed that.
InsideHook reported that VDG Fitness Bike, first proprietary stationary bike from Villency Design Group, went on sale after Thanksgiving for around $1,900, with a carbon steel frame of 340 lbs. that Villency put at about three times his original SoulCycle prototype.
Robb Report Malaysia list a range of $1,900 to $2,300, and final price depends of options a buyer chooses.
Its split shape cost extra.
“Most companies wouldn’t spend the amount of money to create this tooling, but we thought it was a really strong visual queue, so we did it,” Villency revealed.
Studio Three in Chicago got it first.
Villency pitched the platform as white-label hardware (one factory design, many studio logos):
“We’re launching [the new bike] with Studio Three, but it’s something made for multiple brands that can be skinned differently so that the consumer might not realize it’s the same platform.”
Echelon Fitness
On October 10, 2019, Villency announced a partnership with Echelon Fitness.
”Echelon’s success has been driven by providing a great fitness experience at tremendous value,” said Eric. He added: ”Our philosophies align, great design and fitness should be accessible.”
”Eric has pioneered beautiful design in the fitness industry and with Eric’s unique viewpoint,” said the president of Echelon Fitness Multimedia Lou Lentine. ”Echelon will elevate the fitness experience for every enthusiast around the world, helping us to become the global leader of the connected fitness industry.”
Wife
On May 27, 2006, Eric Villency married Kimberly Guilfoyle, an American prosecutor and attorney who worked at Fox News from 2006 to 2018.
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The wedding took place at Sandy Lane, a resort in St James, Barbados.
The couple divorced on June 23, 2009.
”Being a divorced parent means being a single parent,” Villency wrote in 2011 for HuffPost. He continued: ”One of the most fundamental reasons for the breakdown of a marriage is loss of empathy for a spouse.”
On December 14, 2013, Villency married Swedish couture designer Caroline Fare in West Palm Beach. Caroline designs only six selected wedding dresses per year.
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They divorced in 2017.
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Children
Eric has a son, Ronan Anthony Villency (b. October 4, 2006), with Guilfoyle.
”When you go through a divorce with children, you don’t make it about you, make it about that child,” Guilfoyle said in 2015.
Ronan’s mother works in Athens now.
Senate confirmed Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece on September 18, 2025.
She arrived to Athens that month and AP reported in November 2025 that she officially started as first female U.S. ambassador to Greece (AP, 2025).
Her first interview on Greek TV, with Antenna, touched on Villency.
“I have a wonderful relationship with Eric Villency, the father of my son Ronan. It’s a wonderful experience. We have 20 years of friendship,” Guilfoyle said.
Quotes
”Wellness is something that involves a lot more than exercise – you need to have a good diet and a sustainable lifestyle as well.”
”Since the beginning of humanity’s journey up the evolutionary arc, parents have felt a longing to be with their children.”
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Trivia
Villency has served on the board of directors for Operation Renewed Hope Foundation since February 2018.
He has also lectured at FIT and the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Eric Villency walks the runway with the iPad at the 8th annual “Dressed To Kilt” Charity Fashion Show – @Getty
Net Worth
So, how much is Eric Villency worth? Villency earned most of his wealth from serving as the CEO of the Villency Design Group. Therefore, American businessman Eric Villency has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
He is also a contributing writer for the Huffington Post.
The company has collaborated with Peloton, Rockstar Energy Drink, Organic Avenue, SoulCycle, Solidcore, W Hotels, and Ritz Carlton.
Maurice Villency founded his furniture business in 1932, according to Echelon’s 2019 announcement and Eric has run Villency Design Group as CEO since 1998.
Echelon’s blog listed his work for Mercedes-Benz, Delta, eBay and Bloomingdale’s, next to his fitness clients.
| Year | Job or deal | What it added |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Maurice Villency opens furniture firm | Base for family company |
| 1998 | Eric named CEO | Top job at firm |
| 2008 | Villency Pure Design launch | Domestic furniture line |
| 2012 | SoulCycle hardware project | First big fitness client |
| 2018 | VDG Fitness Bike launch | Retail model for consumers |
| 2019 | Echelon partnership | Deal for indoor equipment design |
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