Joy Mangano, who was born on February 15, 1956, is an American inventor and entrepreneur famous for creating items like the self-wringing Miracle Mop. She served as president of Ingenious Designs, LLC, and was a frequent visitor on the HSN television shopping channel in the United States until she left the company at the end of 2018. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Clean Boss, a business that researches and sells cleaning products.
Mangano came out with her autobiography, Inventing Joy, in 2017. The 2015 film Joy was a loose adaptation of her life. Jennifer Lawrence was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Mangano. A stage musical based on her life had its premiere in 2022 and was also called Joy.
In 2021 she launched a reality competition programme on the USA Network for aspiring entrepreneurs, America’s Big Deal. Profile Summary CategoryInformation Full NameJoy Mangano BornFebruary 15, 1956 (age 70) BirthplaceBrooklyn, New York, U.S. EducationPace University OccupationEntrepreneur Years Active1989–Present SpouseAnthony Miranne Marriage1978; divorced in 1989 Children3 Websitejoymangano.com Age Joy was born on February 15, 1956 (age 70) in Brooklyn, New York Biography Mangano was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Huntington, New York.
She started inventing when she was young; at that time she had been working at an animal hospital in Huntington, New York, on Long Island and had come up with a fluorescent flea collar to keep pets safe. The following year Hartz Mountain brought out a product which had a similar design. After obtaining her degree in business administration from Pace University in 1978, she had a number of jobs, consisting of being a waitress and a manager of airline reservations, all while bringing up her three children as a divorced mother.
Career Mangano is the named inventor of 71 patent families and 126 separate patent publications relating to her inventions. “I believe that my products have been successful because they have a wide appeal. I’m just like all the other people around here—I’m a mother, I work, I have to clean my house and keep things in order. We all have similar needs, and that’s what I try to meet.”
After becoming frustrated with ordinary mops, Mangano created her first invention, the “Miracle Mop”, which was a self-wringing plastic mop having a head composed of a single loop of 300 feet (90 metres) of cotton and which could be wrung out easily without soaking one’s hands. Using her own savings as well as money provided by her family and friends, she made a prototype and produced 1000 units.
At first the mop was only sold in small numbers, but after QVC let Mangano appear on air to sell it herself, she managed to sell 18,000 mops in less than half an hour. Mangano set up her business as Arma Products, before later changing the name to Ingenious Designs. The company Ingenious Designs was sold to USA Networks, the parent company of HSN, in 1999 and by the year 2000 it was selling $10 million worth of Miracle Mops each year.
In 2020 Mangano founded the non-toxic cleaning product brand CleanBoss, and in 2023 CleanBoss named rapper Pitbull as a co-founder; Pitbull is one of the company’s largest investors, together with Mangano and John D. Howard from Irving Place Capital. Awards and distinctions Ernst & Young awarded Mangano the title of Long Island Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997; in 2009 she was ranked 77th in Fast Company’s list of The 100 Most Creative People in Business and in 2010 she appeared on their list of The 10 Most Creative Women in Business.
Mangano is currently a member of the advisory board of the United Inventors Association (UIA). Personal life Mangano got married to Tony Miranne in 1978, just after both of them had completed their studies at Pace University; the couple divorced in 1989 and has three children, Christie, Robert, and Jacqueline Miranne. Net Worth His wealth is estimated to be between 50 million and 60 million dollars.
