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David O. Russell’s latest film, Joy, opens with the dedication, “Inspired by the true stories of daring women. One in particular.” That particular woman is Joy Mangano: single mother, millionaire entrepreneur, an executive producer on the film Joy, and “queen of HSN”—and the details of her life’s big-screen adaptation are almost as mysterious as the woman herself.
Mangano is most famously known for her first product: the Miracle Mop, but she holds more than 100 patents for her inventions, including Huggable Hangers, the best-selling product in HSN history. After starting her career at QVC, she led her company, Ingenious Designs LLC, to major financial success before it was purchased by HSN in 1999. Mangano has been the face of the network ever since, and in her 15th year, she remains one of HSN’s most successful sellers, with annual sales topping $150 million. She’s been named Long Island Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, and has twice been honored for her accomplishments in Fast Company rankings of creatives and women in business. As of 2015, Mangano’s net worth is reportedly around $50 million—yet, for all her incredible success, there’s precious little additional information to be found about her. And those articles that do detail her rise to fame ar
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Joy Mangano
1956-present
Who Is Joy Mangano?
Frustrated with household mopping, Joy Mangano invented a new kind of mop, the Miracle Mop, and when she appeared on QVC to sell it, the mop served as a launchpad for success. She went on to invent several other products, and in 1999 she sold her company, which has hundreds of millions in sales, to HSN.
Early Years
Joy Mangano was born on Long Island, New York, on February 15, 1956, and raised in Huntington. Mangano would go on to be known as an inventor of practical household products, and she got started with her ideas at an early age: While working at an animal hospital as a teenager, Mangano devised a fluorescent flea collar for cats and dogs to make them easily visible to cars at night (Hartz put a similar product on the market a year later).
After high school, Mangano went to Pace University in New York, graduating in 1978 with a BA in business administration. After college, she went on to hold a variety of jobs while getting married and having three children. By 1989, Mangano was divorced and living in Smithtown, New York, and she found that her first idea would be inspired by the daily grind of housework.
Products: Miracle Mop
Cleaning up after three kids is not often inspiring work, but Mangano took her frustrat
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Joy Mangano Leaving HSN
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