Daymond John
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Daymond Garfield John (born February 23, 1969) is an American businessman, investor, television presenter, and motivational speaker.
He is best known as the Founder, President, and CEO of FUBU, and he appears as an investor in the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.
The Shark Group's founder, John, is based in New York City. As of 2016, John had a net worth of $250 million.
Early life
John was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on February 22, 1969, but he grew up in the Queens' Hollis neighborhood and attended Catholic school for seven years. He started working at the age of ten when his parents separated; one early job required handing out flyers for $2 ($7.42) an hour. He was in high school in a program that enabled him to work a full-time job and attend classes on a weekly basis, which he attributes to his instilling an entrepreneurial spirit. He began a commuter van service and waited tables at Red Lobster after graduating from high school. When John was 16, his mother had a boyfriend, an advocate, who regarded him as a stepfather and mentor.
Personal life
John is dyslexic. Think and Grow Rich and Poor Dad Poor Dad are two of his favorite books.
John was diagnosed with stage II thyroid cancer in April 2017. The tumorous nodule was removed from John's surgical surgery.
Heather Taras, his second wife, with whom he has a daughter named Minka Jagger, was married in 2018. Destiny and Yasmeen are two children from his first marriage.
John is a Christian.
John is a member of Overseers' Board and volunteers as a host or judge at NFTE events. NFTE is a worldwide organisation with chapters in 12 countries that teach students in low-income countries the benefits of entrepreneurship and core competencies.
After attending Louis Farrakhan's funeral, John sent a tweet thanking him:
People brought up Farrakhan's anti-Semitism history, so John immediately apologized and tweeted: 'I'm not surprised.'
He took down his previous tweet.
Career
In Hollis, Queens, John began FUBU in his mother's house. When John first had the idea for a clothing business for young men, his mother taught him how to sew and help him grow the company.
At the time, wool ski hats tied off with a fishing line were in style, and John noticed them selling for $20, which he considered overpriced. He and his next-door neighbor stitched about 90 hats together. In 1992, the hats were selling on the corner of Jamaica Avenue for $10 each and made $800 in a single day. They began selling screen-printed T-shirts after the hats were sold. They sold on consignment and at major events around the Northeast to break into the market. In between shifts, John was employed full time at Red Lobster, working on the FUBU's business in between shifts.
Sensing opportunity, John and his mother financed their house for $100,000 in order to raise start-up funds. In addition to Brown, he brought J. Alexander Martin and Keith Perrin into the company and started sewing the FUBU logo onto hockey jerseys, sweatshirts, and T-shirts. They sold 10 of the hockey jerseys out to rappers for two years, and they've received product placements in about 30 videos. Despite being a relatively small company and stores starting demanding their name, they were considered to be a large clothing brand. He compelled LL Cool J, an old neighborhood friend, to wear a FUBU T-shirt for a promotional cause in 1993. Later, when shooting a 30-second commercial spot for The Gap, LL Cool J wore a FUBU hat in the commercial and used the phrase "for us, by us" in his rapping.
In 1992, or 1994, John received $300,000 in orders, as well as an invitation to attend Macy's (M) at a Las Vegas fashion trade show, MAGIC. In order to comply with the orders, they had to take out a second mortgage of his mother's house. After being turned down by 27 banks for a loan, his mother used the remaining funds to buy an advertisement in the New York Times. FUBU signed an agreement with Samsung Textiles, enabling them to complete their orders as a result of the ad.
FUBU has earned over $6 billion in global sales.
At the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, FUBU is on display.
John was called by Mark Burnett in 2009 and asked him to join ABC's latest reality business show Shark Tank, which gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their businesses to investors, or "Sharks" in the hopes of receiving an investment. In May 2022, the Shark Tank's 13th season came to an end. As of May 12, 2017, John has invested $8,567,000 of his own funds in Shark Tank companies. Al "Bubba" Baker's boneless ribs and Bombas socks were his best investments on record by 2015. Shark Tank received an Emmy Award in 2016 and was named Outstanding Reality Program from 2012 to 2014.
On Season 5 of Shark Tank, John invested in Bubba's-Q Boneless Ribs and has helped the company grow from $154,000 to $16 million in three years. The limited-edition Baby Back Rib Burger was created by Bubba's-Q Boneless Ribs in 2017.
On season 5 of Shark Tank, John made an unusual friendship with 15-year-old Moziah "Mo" Bridges, who is the owner of Mo's Bows. John decided not to invest in Mo's Bows but rather to mentor the young entrepreneur. Last year, Mo's Bows decided to work with the NBA to produce bow ties that use the teams' logos. Mo's Bows were being sold at Neiman Marcus during an update on the show.
Bombas Socks, a division of Bombas Socks, whose total sales for the company increased from $450,000 in the first nine months to $12 million in the first six months. Bombas donates a pair of socks to someone in need for every pair of socks that were sold.
On Season 6 of Shark Tank, John invested in Sun-Staches and the company has earned over $4.2 million in sales.
Shark Tank has been nominated nine times and has received four Emmy Awards.
John is the CEO and founder of The Shark Group, a brand research and consultancy company. The Shark Group's New York headquarters is located in Manhattan, New York.
John has taken on public speaking roles. He is also a brand ambassador for e-commerce firm Shopify.
In 2021, he signed a 2021 contract with Audible.
In 2015, John co-founded Daymond John's Success Formula, a program that was created to teach business owners and entrepreneurs how to start and expand their company.
Daymond John's Success Formula rebranded to Next Level Achievement in September 2019.
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, one of the programs' partners, is one of the organizations that participates.
Two students will be granted a $1,500 grant each year. This award is given in the hopes of sparking a new generation of entrepreneurs.
In 2022, John was a participant in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Fortune Teller" who rode in a fortune teller machine. He was among Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, and Barry Williams as "Mummies" on "TV Theme Night."