Conor O'Loughlin


Conor O'Loughlin is a former Irish rugby union player for Connacht in the Celtic League. He played at scrum half. He retired due to a hip injury in 2011.
Following his rugby career O'Loughlin founded Glofox, a business management software development company that services fitness studios and gyms. The software is used in thousands of businesses worldwide. In June 2016 Glofox announced that it had received funding from EI plus Growing Capital to the amount of €500K. It subsequently went on to raise an additional €22m in venture capital over the next 6 years before being acquired by ABC fitness in August 2022 for a sum reported to be above €200m
O'Loughlin currently acts in the capacity of CEO within the company.

Awards and honours

On 22 April 2018, O’Loughlin received the title of Ireland’'s Best Young Entrepreneur for 2018.