Manoj Bhargava was born on 1953 and is an Indian American businessman and philanthropist.
14 Facts About Manoj Bhargava
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Manoj Bhargava is the founder and CEO of Innovations Ventures LLC, the company known for producing the 5-hour Energy drink.
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In 2023, Manoj Bhargava was named interim chief executive of Sports Illustrated magazine after the removal of Ross Levinsohn.
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Manoj Bhargava has been the subject of a United States Senate Committee on Finance investigation into undeclared Swiss bank accounts and is under a criminal tax evasion probe by the United States Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service as of 2024, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Manoj Bhargava was born in Lucknow, India in 1953, and in 1967, moved with his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Manoj Bhargava's father attended the Wharton School of Business in pursuit of a doctorate.
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Manoj Bhargava won a math scholarship to an "elite private academy" called The Hill School, and after high school graduation attended Princeton University for one year in 1972.
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Manoj Bhargava returned to the US and joined his parents' plastic injection manufacturing company, Bhar Incorporated, located in New Haven, Indiana.
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Manoj Bhargava created Innovations Ventures LLC, and launched 5-hour Energy in 2003.
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Over time, Manoj Bhargava created additional entities or funds to support a variety of new ventures.
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Manoj Bhargava was interviewed on the ABC News show Nightline in September 2012.
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Manoj Bhargava's foundations include the Hans Foundation and Rural India Supporting Trust.
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In 2016, Manoj Bhargava told National Geographic that he planned to distribute 10,000 of his stationary, power-generating bikes to rural homes and villages in India.
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Manoj Bhargava is married, with one child, and lives in Farmington Hills, Michigan, US.