The fate of Joy Mangano has never been easy. She traveled a difficult life before her inventions won millions of fans around the world. A single mother with a strong character and unbending will was able to prove that talent and perseverance are capable of creating things that we no longer want to part with.
Joy Mangano Biography
Joy was born on February 15, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. In the family of Italian and American. Joy spent his childhood in Huntington, on the northwest coast of Long Island.
Baby Joy was a very gifted and creative child. She was fond of origami, painted, made sculptures. Her talent as an inventor manifested in childhood. So, at the age of twelve, the girl decided that it would be much better if their homemade toaster could not only cook crispbreads, but also bake food. The idea failed - an improved toaster exploded the first time it was turned on, but this only added the courage of the little inventor to continue trying.
Little failures and big hopes
The Mangano family needed money, and as a teenager, Joy began working in a veterinary clinic in Huntington. It is here that she is visited by the idea of making a fluorescent flea collar that glows in the dark and will save the life of the animal at night.
Joy did not have time to realize her idea. A year later, a similar product was released by Hartz Mountain Industries and was able to earn millions of dollars on it.
Another failure did not break her spirit. Using Hartz Mountain as an example, Joy was convinced that her ideas could be commercially successful in the market, but serious investments would be required to implement them.
Crisis in the family
After graduation, Joy enters Pace University - a private university in New York, which he graduates in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
In the same year she marries Anthony Miran. Marriage will not be happy. The couple will have three wonderful children - Christie, Robin and Jacqueline - but in 1989, Tony and Joy will decide on a divorce.
Even in marriage, Joy was forced to work on several jobs at once to feed her family. So, during her many years of career, she managed to be a waitress, manager of booking tickets at the airport, even tried to sell wine, which she made herself.
His Majesty's Case
After parting with her husband, Mangano’s financial condition was very difficult. It is in this difficult period of life that the same million dollar idea appears that will glorify it all over the world. His Majesty helped this. During evening gatherings with friends, one of the guests breaks a glass of wine. Joy tries to collect the fragments with a rag and severely injures his hands. It was at that moment that she was visited by the idea of creating a self-squeezing mop that would not have to be touched by hands.
Miracle mop
Joy got the idea to realize his idea! With the help of family, friends and her own savings, she invests $ 100,000 in a new business and in 1991 created the first 100 prototypes in her father’s Deer Park store.
Miracle Mop - this is the name of the new invention, which is a plastic construction with a squeezing mechanism and a washing surface made of cotton threads.
The novice inventor is trying to sell the first copies at exhibitions and in the local Log Island stores, but things are going badly. Only $ 10,000 can be earned in the first year.
Breakthrough
Joy does not despair and decides to enter into a deal with the QVC television store for the sale of the first thousand copies. The television company is recording its own commercial, but the miracle mop Joy Mangano does not sell well. The channel even plans to terminate the contract and return to the inventor unsold samples. But Joy does not give up and asks to give her the opportunity to appear on the air herself. And the incredible happens. In the first 20 minutes of broadcast, she manages to sell a record 18 thousand copies! Incredible charisma, tremendous charm, Italian temperament and passion for their work accomplished a real miracle!
True success
After the first airing, Miracle Mop sales continue to break records. Since 1995, the miracle mop brought Mangano 1 million dollars a year. Her American dream came true, but Joy did not think to stop there.
In 1991, she founded her company Arma Products, later renamed Ingenius Designs.
In 1999, Joy sells Ingenius Designs to the American company Home Shopping Network (HSN), but retains the post of president of a subsidiary. In 2000, her company sells Miracle Mop for $ 10 million a year.
Joy Mangano Inventions
Joy's success story began and never seems to end. Following the Miracle Mop, other equally useful and popular inventions followed.
Huggable Hangers - elegant hangers with non-slip corduroy shoulders - also the invention of the brilliant Joy. Huggable Hangers were recognized as the best seller of the year in 2010. A total of 300 million units were sold.
Forever Fragrant - a line of flavors. January 31, 2010 broke the HSN sales record - 180,000 units were sold in a day!
Clothes It All Luggage System is a unique organizer bag that is extremely popular in the USA due to its convenience.
In total, Joy Mangano has more than 100 patents for inventions, she fully realized herself as a talented and commercially successful inventor.
In 1997, Joy became the entrepreneur of the year, according to Ernst & Young.
In 2007, she took 77th position in the list of "100 most creative women in business," and in 2010 she was included in the list of "10 most creative women entrepreneurs."
In 2015, the film Joy based on the life of Joy Mangano was shot. The biography of the inventor was the basis of the script. Starring Jennifer Lawrence won the Golden Globe for Best Actress.
Joy Mangano was realized not only in business. She has a large and strong family. Joy is a happy mom and grandmother. Christy and Robin work for Mom, and Jacqueline is a model and journalist. Joy has maintained a good relationship with Tony's ex-husband and considers him his best friend.
Charming, sincere, incredible charismatic Joy Mangano is a cult person in the United States of America. Through her example, she inspires millions of young dreamers of achievement, conquest and victory. Her success proves that self-confidence, inexhaustible optimism and perseverance can conquer any heights!