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Lori is a star Shark on the 5x Emmy Award winning and 10x Critic’s Choice Award winning show, Shark Tank. Shark Tank is a hit entrepreneurial business show, on ABC, where she invests in companies and helps turn people’s dreams into a reality. Well known as one of the most prolific inventors of retail products of our time, Lori started with one idea and turned it into a multi-million dollar international brand. She has created & marketed over 1,000 successful products and holds 120 US and International patents.

Her accomplishments come from her sharp instincts and strong business sense. Well known for telling instantly if a product is a “hero or a zero”, she has a 90% success rate on new items launched. She is hands-on in all facets of taking a product from concept to creation, to market within months in lightning speed. She oversees the legal and patent processes, and has driven her business to the success it has achieved. She’s also well known for her impeccable negotiating skills and her uncanny ability to know and identify emerging brands and people and invest in them. She has helped many budding entrepreneurs turn their ideas into hit products and has 10 of the top 20 most successful companies on Shark Tank to date.

A strong role model and true inspiration to so many, she was honored with the Sherry Lansing ‘Woman of the Year’ Award and by the Paley Center as an Important Woman in Television, listed as one of Success Magazine’s Top 25 Personal and Professional Development Influencers to Follow, ranked by Business Insider Magazine as one of the Top 30 Best Women Early-Stage Investors of 2023 and voted as a fan favorite on Shark Tank.

Throughout her career, Lori has always been a maverick.

Having written, produced, directed and edited hundreds of videos and written scripted works – she became expert at how to grab someone’s attention visually within seconds. She started her production company Good Place Entertainment to expand her talents in the film, video and television arenas. Exciting things coming!

A great believer that, “if you are lucky enough to be successful, you have a responsibility to give back”, Lori is well known for giving back to the community. Living more simply than others in her position and not nearly as wealthy as the un-factual internet states, she is known as a kind hearted humanitarian. She and her company annually donate a substantial amount of their profits to a diverse variety of charities. From sponsoring full ride 4 year scholarships to college for underprivileged women, programs to uplift and encourage our youth, or supporting first responders and health care workers and everyday heroes to name a few. Many of her most gratifying moments have come when she has been able to help budding entrepreneurs achieve the same success she feels lucky enough to have enjoyed.