- Joy Mangano
Infobox Person
name = Joy Mangano
birth_place =East Meadow ,New York , U.S.A.
occupation = inventor/entrepeneurJoy Mangano is an American
inventor and entrepreneur, known for inventions such as the self-wringing Miracle Mop and Huggable Hangers. [http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=1782048 Making Millions off a Super Mop] , "abc News",March 31 ,2006 . Accessed on lineDecember 18 ,2007 .] [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E5D81631F932A25751C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Cleaning Up in Business, With a Mop] , Susan Konig, "New York Times",February 11 ,2001 . Accessed on lineDecember 10 ,2007 .]Biography
Mangano graduated from
Pace University in 1978 and held a variety of jobs before developing a prototype of her Miracle Mop in 1990. She sold the mops locally inLong Island before moving to facilities in her father's body shop inDeer Park in 1991 and incorporating her business as Arma Products, later renaming it to Ingenious Designs. By 1992,QVC shopping channel was carrying her mop. Mangano soon spent 120 hours a year on the air, selling products she invented such as Huggable Hangers, felt-covered no-slip hangers, the Clothes It All Luggage System, and Comfort and Joy bedding. She brought in sales of about $100 million annually on theHome Shopping Network (HSN). Mangano sold Ingenious Designs to USA Networks, the parent company of theHome Shopping Network , in 1999. In 2005, she was a judge on the cable reality show, Made in the USA. She also appeared on the ABC show "The View " onFebruary 2 ,2007 .References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2066601/ Joy Mangano] at the IMDb
* [http://www.hsn.com/for-the-home/joy-mangano_c-hm_a-192_xc.aspx Joy Mangano products] at HSN
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