Lani Lazzari

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Lani Lazzari
Born
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Education The Ellis School
OccupationEntrepreneur, businesswoman
Years active2005–present
Website www.simplesugars.net

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]

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Early life

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.

Career

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. [7] She had Lori Greiner demo the product during her presentation. [8] One of the sharks, Mark Cuban, made an offer at $100,000 for a 33 percent equity stake. [7] Lazzari accepted the offer with Cuban. A year later, Lazzari appeared on Shark Tank once again for a business update. [9] According to a report made by CNBC, as of 2018, Simple Sugars has grossed over $30,000,000. [10]

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References

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