1. Daymond Garfield John was born on February 23,1969 and is an American businessman, investor, and television personality.
31 Facts About Daymond John
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Daymond John is an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.
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Daymond John is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of FUBU, and is the founder of The Shark Group.
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Daymond John began working at the age of 10, when his parents divorced; one early job entailed handing out flyers for $2 an hour.
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When Daymond John was 16, his mother had a boyfriend, an attorney, whom he considered a stepfather and mentor.
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Daymond John started FUBU in his mother's house in Hollis, Queens.
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When Daymond John first had the idea for a clothing company for young men, his mother taught him how to sew and supported him by allowing her house to be taken over to grow the business.
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Wool ski hats with their tops tied off with fishing line were popular at the time, and Daymond John noticed them being sold for $20, which he considered overpriced.
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Daymond John went home and sewed about 90 hats with his next-door neighbor.
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Daymond John related that due to these placements, they were being perceived as a large and visible clothing brand, and stores started requesting their products.
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In 2009, Daymond John received a call from Mark Burnett asking him to join the cast of ABC's new reality business show Shark Tank, which gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their businesses to investors, or "Sharks" in the hopes of receiving an investment.
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Daymond John has invested $8,567,000 of his own money in Shark Tank companies as of May 12,2017.
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On Season 5 of Shark Tank, Daymond John invested in Bubba's-Q Boneless Ribs on and helped grow the company from $154,000 in sales to $16 million in 3 years.
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Daymond John made a unique deal with 15-year-old Moziah "Mo" Bridges, owner of Mo's Bows.
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Daymond John decided not to invest in Mo's Bows but instead to mentor the young entrepreneur.
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On Season 6 of the show, Daymond John invested in Bombas socks.
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Daymond John invested in Sun-Staches, which would subsequently make $4.2 million in sales.
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Daymond John is the CEO and founder of The Shark Group, a brand management and consulting firm.
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Daymond John is a brand ambassador for the e-commerce company Shopify.
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In 2020, Daymond John created and launched Black Entrepreneurs Day, an event aimed at promoting and encouraging entrepreneurship and black-owned business.
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In 2018 Daymond John appeared on Joey's World Tour, a YouTube channel devoted to fast food reviews.
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In 2022, Daymond John competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Fortune Teller" who rode in a fortune teller machine-type vehicle.
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Daymond John was eliminated on "TV Theme Night" alongside Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, and Barry Williams as "Mummies".
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Daymond John has released five books: Display of Power, The Brand Within, The Power of Broke, Rise and Grind and 'Powershift'.
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Daymond John is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author.
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Daymond John admitted that he was an absentee husband during his first marriage, telling a CNBC reporter that his wife "literally saw me on TV more than she saw me in person".
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Daymond John attributed his absence from his wife and children to a combination of work and socializing.
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In 2018, Daymond John married Heather Taras, his second wife, with whom he has a daughter.
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Daymond John is on the Board of Overseers and volunteer as a host or judge at NFTE events.
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Daymond John has supported other efforts to encourage black entrepreneurship, including Barack Obama's My Brother's Keeper Challenge, and he was involved in Michelle Obama's college initiative on National Signing Day, celebrating high school students pursuing higher education, held at Temple University.
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Daymond John garnered instant backlash as people brought up Farrakhan's history of anti-Semitism and Daymond John immediately apologized and tweeted:.