Lori Greiner

Lori Greiner, born as Lori Husman, is an American businesswoman, and well-known TV personality, who has been acting as a Shark or investor at the ABC business reality show, Shark Tank since 2009. In college she became fascinated by custom-designed jewelry. She continued to create and market it up until the day that she had the brilliant concept of designing the earring holders made from plastic. To gauge the reaction of women that woman who walks by Greiner demonstrated the item to. Eventually she patented the product and began to market it through different platforms, both online and offline, continuing to add numerous products. So far, she has developed and promoted more than 1000 successful products. In addition, she has 120 US as well as International patents. Her keen senses are matched by an innate sense of the business and can instantly tell if a particular product will be a success or failure. This results in a 90% success rate in her business. She believes that "if you're fortunate enough to make it then it's your obligation to make a difference". As a result she gives to numerous charity organizations every year.