Lani Lazzari | |
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Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Education | The Ellis School |
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, businesswoman |
Years active | 2005–present |
Website |
www |
Lani Lazzari is an American entrepreneur and businessperson, [1] who is best known for founding the cosmetics company Simple Sugars, which she did when she was 11 years of age. [2] [3]
Lani Lazzari was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Gina Lazzari. [4] and Donald Lazzari. [5] She stated that she suffered from eczema when she was a child. [3] Lazzari completed her high school education at The Ellis School and was accepted at George Washington University, but dropped out before attending. [6] She was accepted into the Thiel Fellowship in 2017. [7]
Lazzari had stated that she had strived to try to create a skin-care product to help cure her eczema after being unsatisfied with what the market had to offer. [3] After finding her products worked, she then proceeded to start a small-business which she named "Simple Sugars" [2] in 2005.
In 2013, Lazzari appeared on the American reality show Shark Tank where she sought an investor for Simple Sugars, a cosmetics company. [8] She had Lori Greiner demo the product during her presentation. [9] One of the sharks, Mark Cuban, made an offer at $100,000 for a 33 percent equity stake. [8] Lazzari accepted the offer with Cuban. A year later, Lazzari appeared on Shark Tank once again for a business update. [10] According to a report made by CNBC, as of 2018, Simple Sugars has grossed over $30,000,000. [11]
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