Lani Lazzari is an American entrepreneur and businessperson,[1] who is best known for founding the cosmetics company Simple Sugars, which she did when she was 11 years of age.[2][3]
Lani Lazzari | |
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| Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Education | The Ellis School |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, businesswoman |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | www |
Early life
editLani Lazzari was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Gina Lazzari.[4] and Donald Lazzari.[5] She stated that she suffered from eczema when she was a child.[3] Lazzari completed her high school education at The Ellis School and was accepted at George Washington University, but dropped out before attending.[6] She was accepted into the Thiel Fellowship in 2017.[7]
Career
editLazzari had stated that she had strived to try to create a skin-care product to help cure her eczema after being unsatisfied with what the market had to offer.[3] After finding her products worked, she then proceeded to start a small-business which she named "Simple Sugars"[2] in 2005.
In 2013, Lazzari appeared on the American reality show Shark Tank where she sought an investor for Simple Sugars, a cosmetics company.[8] She had Lori Greiner demo the product during her presentation.[9] One of the sharks, Mark Cuban, made an offer at $100,000 for a 33 percent equity stake.[8] Lazzari accepted the offer with Cuban. A year later, Lazzari appeared on Shark Tank once again for a business update.[10] According to a report made by CNBC, as of 2018, Simple Sugars has grossed over $30,000,000.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Simple Sugars CEO and Founder Lani Lazzari". The Everygirl. October 20, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Paulinska, Lidia. "Teenage Entrepreneur Lani Lazzari | Bright Blue Innovation Intl". Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Our Story". Simple Sugars. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ Blakeley, Kiri. "Simple Sugars' Teenage CEO". Forbes. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ his nephew
- ^ Lazzari, Lani. "Profile". LinkedIn.
- ^ "Thiel Foundation Announces 2017 Thiel Fellows". www.businesswire.com. June 16, 2017.
- ^ a b Levitt, Shelley (January 7, 2016). "How Simple Sugars Survived the 'Shark Tank'". SUCCESS. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ Russell, Ben (June 8, 2016). "Simple Sugars After Shark Tank – Recent Update". Gazette Review. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ "Stylebook Snapshot: Simple Sugars still finds business sweet a year after 'Shark Tank' deal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ Rodgers, Sophia Fraioli, Claire (October 9, 2018). "Mark Cuban checks in on Simple Sugars on 'Beyond the Tank'". CNBC. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
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