Joy Mangano. An inspiring success story

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Joy Mangano's fate has never been easy. She went through a difficult life path 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 can create 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 an Italian and an American. Joy's childhood years were spent in Huntington, on the northwest coast of Long Island.

Baby Joy was a very gifted and creative child. I was fond of origami, drew, made sculptures. Her talent as an inventor manifested itself in childhood. So, at the age of twelve, the girl decided that it would be much better if their home toaster could not only cook crispbread, but also bake food. The idea failed - the improved toaster exploded the first time it was turned on, but this only added courage to the little inventor to keep trying.

Small failures andhigh expectations

The Mangano family was in need of money, and as a teenager, Joy starts working at a veterinary clinic in Huntington. It was here that she came up with the idea to make a fluorescent flea collar that glows in the dark and saves the animal's life 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 from it.

Another failure did not break her spirit. Using Hartz Mountain as an example, Joy was convinced that her ideas can be commercially successful in the market, but their implementation requires serious investments.

Crisis in the family

After high school, Joy goes to Pace University, a private university in New York, graduating in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

The same year she marries Anthony Miran. The marriage will not be happy. The couple will have three wonderful children - Christy, Robin and Jacqueline - but in 1989 Tony and Joy will decide on a divorce.

Even in her marriage, Joy had to work multiple jobs to support her family. So, during her long career, she managed to be a waitress, a ticket manager at the airport, even tried to sell wine that she made herself.

His Majesty Chance

After breaking up with her husband, Mangano's financial condition was very difficult. It is during this difficult period of life that the very idea for a million dollars appears, which will glorify it all over the world. Helped His MajestyHappening. During evening gatherings with friends, one of the guests breaks a glass of wine. Joy tries to pick up the pieces with a rag and injures his hands badly. It was at that moment that she came up with the idea to create a self-wringing mop that does not have to be touched by hands.

Miracle Mop

Joy got the idea to realize her idea! With the help of family, friends and her own savings, she invests $100,000 in a new business and in 1991 creates the first 100 prototypes in her father's Deer Park store.

Miracle Mop - this is the name of a new invention, which is a plastic construction with a wringing mechanism and a washing surface made of cotton threads.

Aspiring inventor tries to sell first copies at trade shows and local shops in Log Island, but things don't go well. The first year only earns $10,000.

Breakthrough

Joy doesn't give up and decides to make a deal with QVC to sell the first thousand copies. A TV company is recording their commercial, but Joy Mangano's miracle mop doesn't sell well. The TV channel even plans to terminate the contract and return unsold samples to the inventor. 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 the broadcast, she manages to sell a record 18,000 copies! Incredible charisma, amazing charm, Italian temperament and passion for their work made a real miracle!

Real success

After the first broadcastMiracle Mop sales continue to break records. Already since 1995, the miracle mop brought Mangano $ 1,000,000 a year. Her American dream came true, but Joy didn't stop there.

In 1991, she founded her company Arma Products, later renamed Ingenius Designs.

In 1999, Joy sells Ingenius Designs to the US-based Home Shopping Network (HSN), but retains the subsidiary's presidency. In 2000, her company sells the Miracle Mop for $10 million a year.

Joy Mangano. Inventions

Joy's success story has begun and never seems to end. The Miracle Mop was followed by other equally useful and popular inventions.

Huggable Hangers - elegant hangers with non-slip velvet hangers - another invention of genius Joy. Huggable Hangers was voted the best seller of the year in 2010 with 300 million copies sold.

Forever Fragrant is a line of fragrances. January 31, 2010 broke the HSN sales record with 180,000 units sold in one day!

Clothes It All Luggage System is a unique organizer bag extremely popular in the US for its convenience.

In total, Joy Mangano has more than 100 patents for inventions, she has fully realized herself as a talented and commercially successful inventor.

In 1997, Joy was Ernst&Young's Entrepreneur of the Year.

In 2007, she ranked 77th in the list of "100 most creative people inbusiness", and in 2010 was included in the list of "10 Most Creative Women Entrepreneurs".

In 2015, Joy was filmed based on the life of Joy Mangano. The biography of the inventor was the basis of the script. Leading actress Jennifer Lawrence won the Golden Globe for Best Actress.

Joy Mangano was realized not only in business. She has a big and strong family. Joy is a happy mother and grandmother. Christie and Robin work for their mother's company, while Jacqueline is a model and journalist. Joy has maintained a good relationship with her ex-husband Tony and considers him her best friend.

Charming, sincere, incredibly charismatic Joy Mangano is a cult figure in the United States of America. By her example, she inspires millions of young dreamers to accomplish, conquer and win. Her success proves that self-confidence, inexhaustible optimism and perseverance can conquer any heights!