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    Get on-demand personal training from this Houston-based app

    Holly Beretto
    Dec 18, 2018 | 9:13 am
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    This Houston-based app personalizes your workout.
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    As a busy lawyer who traveled heavily for work, Sylvia Kampshoff found her workouts were often overlooked as she went from city to city, a casualty of long hours and a busy schedule. And, even though she did have a membership to a national gym with privileges at any of its locations, she hated the feeling of always being sold something and disliked that both the trainers and managers she worked with took very little interest in her personal needs and fitness goals.

    She wanted something that allowed her to exercise with someone on her own schedule, and with people who valued customer service. That's how the idea for Kanthaka was born. The app launched in Houston in 2017 and recently hit the streets in Austin.

    The app uses location technology similar to that of ride-sharing apps to allow users to book training sessions with certified personal trainers, all of whom are heavily vetted and background checked by Kampshoff and her team.

    "Many trainers at gyms or who work privately aren't certified," she says. "And that was important to me, that we have professionals who understand training and the body. And making sure our clients felt safe was a huge priority for me. We interview every trainer personally to ensure they not only meet our standards but also share our goals."

    Users can book a single session ($42 for 45 minutes, $50 for 60 minutes) or purchase a package of six workouts ($228-$270) or 12 workouts ($408-$480). There's no long-term commitment — although Kampshoff says that some clients are asking for a monthly subscription option — and the process is designed to be easy and user-friendly. Trainers will arrive at a client's home, office, or their preferred gym, providing the gym allows outside trainers to work there.

    Since launching, Kampshoff — who left the legal profession to concentrate on Kanthaka's success — says she's learned a lot about the market and her own preconceptions.

    "I figured it was going to be business travelers who used it, people who were like me when I was doing all that travel," she says. "But it turns out that we're seeing people use it who want to schedule a session just like any other appointment. Many of our clients are women, who value the rigorous vetting process we have for our trainers."

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    Houston company ranks No. 13 worldwide on new Forbes Global 2000 list

    John Egan
    Jun 17, 2025 | 2:00 pm
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    More than 60 Texas-based companies appear on Forbes’ 2025 list of the world’s 2,000 biggest publicly traded companies, and nearly half come from Houston.

    Among Texas companies whose stock is publicly traded, Spring-based ExxonMobil is the highest-ranked at No. 13 globally.

    Rounding out Texas’ top five are Dallas-based AT&T (No. 35 globally), Austin-based Oracle (No. 66 globally), and Austin-based Tesla (No. 69 globally).

    Ranking first in the world is New York City-based J.P. Morgan Chase.

    Forbes compiled this year’s Global 2000 list using data from FactSet Research to analyze the biggest public companies based on four metrics: sales, profit, assets, and market value.

    “The annual Forbes Global 2000 list features the companies shaping today’s global markets and moving them worldwide,” said Hank Tucker, a staff writer at Forbes. “This year’s list showcases how despite a complex geopolitical landscape, globalization has continued to fuel decades of economic growth, with the world’s largest companies more than tripling in size across multiple measures in the past 20 years.”

    The U.S. topped the list with 612 companies, followed by China with 317 and Japan with 180.

    Here are the rest of the Texas-based companies in the Forbes 2000, grouped by the location of their headquarters and followed by their global ranking.

    Houston area

    • ConocoPhillips (No. 105)
    • Phillips 66 (No. 276)
    • SLB (No. 296)
    • EOG Resources (No. 297)
    • Occidental Petroleum (No. 302)
    • Waste Management (No. 351)
    • Kinder Morgan (No. 370)
    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (No. 379)
    • Baker Hughes (No. 403)
    • Cheniere Energy (No. 415)
    • Corebridge Financial (No. 424)
    • Sysco (No. 448)
    • Halliburton (No. 641)
    • Targa Resources (No. 651)
    • NRG Energy (No. 667)
    • Quanta Services (No. 722)
    • CenterPoint Energy (No. 783)
    • Coterra Energy (No. 1,138)
    • Crown Castle International (No. 1,146)
    • Westlake Corp. (No. 1,199)
    • APA Corp. (No. 1,467)
    • Comfort Systems USA (No. 1,629)
    • Group 1 Automotive (No. 1,653)
    • Talen Energy (No. 1,854)
    • Prosperity Bancshares (No. 1,855)
    • NOV (No. 1,980)

    Austin area

    • Dell Technologies (No. 183)
    • Flex (No. 887)
    • Digital Realty Trust (No. 1,063)
    • CrowdStrike (No. 1,490)

    Dallas-Fort Worth

    • Caterpillar (No. 118)
    • Charles Schwab (No. 124)
    • McKesson (No. 195)
    • D.R. Horton (No. 365)
    • Texas Instruments (No. 374)
    • Vistra Energy (No. 437)
    • CBRE (No. 582)
    • Kimberly-Clark (No. 639)
    • Tenet Healthcare (No. 691)
    • American Airlines (No. 834)
    • Southwest Airlines (No. 844)
    • Atmos Energy (No. 1,025)
    • Builders FirstSource (No. 1,039)
    • Copart (No. 1,062)
    • Fluor (No. 1,153)
    • Jacobs Solutions (1,232)
    • Globe Life (1,285)
    • AECOM (No. 1,371)
    • Lennox International (No. 1,486)
    • HF Sinclair (No. 1,532)
    • Invitation Homes (No. 1,603)
    • Celanese (No. 1,845)
    • Tyler Technologies (No. 1,942)

    San Antonio

    • Valero Energy (No. 397)
    • Cullen/Frost Bankers (No. 1,560)

    Midland

    • Diamondback Energy (No. 471)
    • Permian Resources (No. 1,762)
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