Joy Mangano

{{short description|American inventor}} {{Use American English|date = October 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Joy Mangano | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|2|15}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | years_active = 1989–Present | education = Pace University | occupation = Entrepreneur | spouse = {{marriage|Anthony Miranne|1978|1989|end=divorce}} | children = 3 | website = {{URL|http://joymangano.com/}} }} '''Joy Mangano''' ({{IPAc-en|m|æ|ŋ|ˈ|ɡ|æ|n|oʊ}} {{respell|mang|GAN|oh}}; born February 15, 1956)<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/joy-mangano|title=Joy Mangano|publisher=FYI|access-date=December 28, 2015|work=Biography}}</ref> is an American inventor and entrepreneur known for inventions such as the self-wringing Miracle Mop.<ref name=abc>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/print?id=1782048|title=Making Millions off a Super Mop|work=ABC News|date=March 31, 2006|access-date=December 18, 2007|publisher=ABC}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/11/nyregion/cleaning-up-in-business-with-a-mop.html|title=Cleaning Up in Business, With a Mop|last=Konig|first=Susan|date=2001-02-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2007-12-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She was the president of Ingenious Designs, LLC, and appeared regularly on the U.S. television shopping channel HSN until her departure in late 2018.<ref name="Departing">{{cite web |title=Joy Mangano Departing HSN to Pursue Other Professional Opportunities |url=https://corporate.hsn.com/newsroom/pressrelease/hsn-announces-joy-mangano-departing-to-pursue-other-professional-opportunit/ |website=corporate.hsn.com |publisher=HSN (Press Release) |access-date=31 August 2019 |date=20 December 2018}}</ref> Mangano is the founder and CEO of Clean Boss, a company that develops and sells cleaning products.<ref>[https://www.thespruce.com/we-tested-joy-mangano-cleanboss-line-5121030 Clean Boss] thespruce.com accessed 2-23-22</ref>

Mangano released her autobiography, ''Inventing Joy'', in 2017. The 2015 film ''Joy'' was loosely based on her life. Jennifer Lawrence won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Mangano.<ref name="McNearney">{{Cite web|url=https://womenintheworld.com/2015/12/14/cinderella-without-a-prince-david-o-russell-and-jennifer-lawrence-on-their-new-film-joy/|title="Cinderella without a prince": Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russell on their new film "Joy"|last=McNearney|first=Allison|date=2015-12-14|website=Women in the World|access-date=2015-12-28|archive-date=March 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142638/https://womenintheworld.com/2015/12/14/cinderella-without-a-prince-david-o-russell-and-jennifer-lawrence-on-their-new-film-joy/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Davis"/> A stage musical inspired by her life premiered in 2022, also titled ''Joy''.<ref>[https://www.delcotimes.com/2022/12/18/joy-mangano-interview-musical/ ''Delco Times'' Mangano Interview accessed 06/24/2023]</ref>

In 2021, she premiered a reality competition show on USA Network for aspiring entrepreneurs called ''America's Big Deal''.<ref>[https://parade.com/1278112/paulettecohn/joy-mangano-americas-big-deal-season-1/ Joy Mangano Interview] Parada Magazine accessed 2-23-22</ref>

==Early life and education== Mangano was born in Brooklyn and raised in Huntington, New York.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.longislandpress.com/2018/05/07/joy-mangano-long-islands-mother-of-invention/|title=Joy Mangano: Long Island's Mother of Invention|first=Ruth|last=Bashinsky|date=May 7, 2018|work=Long Island Press|quote="I was born in Brooklyn and I grew up in the Huntington area and raised my children out here in Smithtown.”}}</ref> Mangano began inventing at an early age when, as a teenager working at an animal hospital in Huntington, New York, on Long Island, she dreamed up a fluorescent flea collar to keep pets safe. A product with a similar design was released the next year by Hartz Mountain. After graduating from Pace University with a degree in business administration in 1978, she held a variety of jobs,<ref name="nyt" /> including waitress<ref name=abc/> and airline reservations manager while raising her three children as a divorced mother.<ref name="nyt" />

==Career== Mangano is a named inventor of 71 patent families and 126 distinct patent publications<ref name=patents>{{cite web | url=https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Joy+Mangano&num=100&oq=Joy+Mangano&dups=language | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200606020650/https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Joy+Mangano&num=100&oq=Joy+Mangano | archive-date=June 6, 2020 | title=Google Patents, Inventor, Joy Mangano | access-date=June 5, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref> for her inventions.<ref name=investors>{{cite web|url=http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/540758/201007191654/Joy-Mangano-Cleans-Up-In-Sales-.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126172812/http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/540758/201007191654/Joy-Mangano-Cleans-Up-In-Sales-.aspx |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |title=Joy Mangano Cleans Up In Sales |first=Trang |last=Ho |work=Investors |date=July 19, 2010 |access-date=January 25, 2011 }}</ref> "I think my products have been successful because they have mass appeal," she has said. "I'm just like everybody else out there. I'm a mom, I work, I have a house to clean, things to organize. We all have similar needs, and I address them."

===Miracle Mop=== In 1990 after growing frustrated with ordinary mops, Mangano developed her first invention, the "Miracle Mop", a self-wringing plastic mop with a head made from a continuous loop of {{convert|300|ft|m|-1|abbr=off|sp=us}} of cotton that can be easily wrung out without getting one's hands wet. With her own savings and investments from family and friends, she made a prototype and manufactured 1000 units.<ref name="Broadway">{{cite news |last=Settembre |first=Jeanette |title=Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano's life story is coming to Broadway |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/miracle-mop-inventor-joy-manganos-life-story-is-coming-to-broadway-2018-03-14 |access-date=3 September 2019 |work=Market Watch |date=14 March 2018}}</ref> Early assembly was done in her father's body shop in Peconic in 1991.

After selling the mop at trade shows and in local stores on Long Island, she sold 1,000 units on consignment to QVC.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} It sold modestly at first, but once QVC allowed Mangano to go on-air to sell it herself, she sold 18,000 mops in less than a half hour.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name="Infomercial">{{cite web |title=Joy Mangano Miracle Mop Infomercial (1996) |url=http://www.historyvshollywood.com/video/miracle-mop-infomercial/ |website=History vs. Hollywood |access-date=3 September 2019 |format=Video}}</ref> Mangano incorporated her business as Arma Products, later renaming it Ingenious Designs. She sold Ingenious Designs to USA Networks, the parent company of the HSN, in 1999.<ref name="nyt" /> By the year 2000, the company was selling $10 million worth of Miracle Mops per year.<ref name="nyt" />

===CleanBoss=== In 2020, Mangano launched CleanBoss, a non-toxic cleaning product brand. In 2023, CleanBoss announced rapper Pitbull as a co-founder. He is one of the largest investors in the company, alongside Mangano and Irving Place Capital’s John D. Howard.<ref>[https://www.inc.com/chloe-aiello/qvc-joy-mangano-clean-boss-pitbull-advice-founders/91220303]</ref>

===Other products===

* '''Huggable Hangers''' – velvet-flocked, no-slip hangers whose thin profile conserves closet space. Endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, Huggable Hangers were HSN's best-selling product {{as of|2010|lc=y}}, with more than 1 billion sold.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703805004575606463489605440|title=The Golden Age of TV Shopping|last=Holmes|first=Elizabeth|date=2010-11-11|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2011-01-25|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/gift/Joy-Mangano-Huggable-Hangers |title=The Oprah Show Gift Finder: Joy Mangano Huggable Hangers |date=March 17, 2011 | website=The Oprah Show |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317051541/http://www.oprah.com/gift/Joy-Mangano-Huggable-Hangers |archive-date=March 17, 2011 }}</ref> * '''Forever Fragrant''' – a line of home odor neutralizers including sticks, wickless candles, scent stands, finials, spheres, drawer liners, and shoe shapers.<ref name="HSN">{{cite web|url=http://www.hsn.com/joy-mangano/joy-mangano_c-jm_a-192_xc.aspx |title=Joy Mangano Products at HSN.com |access-date=January 25, 2011 |publisher=HSN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125181450/http://www.hsn.com/joy-mangano/joy-mangano_c-jm_a-192_xc.aspx |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> Mangano broke an HSN record on January 31, 2010, by selling 180,000 units in one day.<ref name="PR">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hsns-joy-mangano-makes-electronic-retail-history-with-record-breaking-orders-of-forever-fragranttm-84476222.html|title=HSN's Joy Mangano Makes Electronic Retail History with Record-Breaking Orders of Forever Fragrant|website=Cision |publisher=PR Newswire|date=February 16, 2010|access-date=January 25, 2011}}</ref> The Forever Fragrant line has earned the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.<ref name="HSN" /> * '''Clothes It All Luggage System''' – wheeled luggage with organizational features like a padded laptop compartment, a toiletry organizer, a pocket for plane tickets, and removable dividers. They range from smaller duffel bags to a {{convert|22|in|cm|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us}} portable dresser with removable drawers, as well as a briefcase and pet carrier.<ref name="HSN" /> * '''Performance Platforms''' – shoes with a rubber platform heel that gives the wearer extra height. In May 2010, Mangano sold 30,000 pairs in three hours on HSN.<ref name="investors" /> The line began as sneakers, and has since branched to Mary Janes, mules, and sandals. The shoes are produced in conjunction with the Grasshoppers division of the Stride Rite Corporation.<ref name="HSN" /> * '''Comfort & Joy Textiles''' – bedding made from Supima cotton and down alternative with a reversible, zippered duvet cover and sheets that are attached to the bed skirt for removal and cleaning.<ref name="HSN" /> * '''Shades Readers''' – a line of reading glasses sold in sets of three or more so that they can be kept around the home and office for easy access.<ref name="HSN" /> Mangano has sold more than 13 million pairs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EpZ5DwAAQBAJ&q=Mangano+has+sold+more+than+a+million+pairs+shades.&pg=PA211|title=Inventing Joy: Dare to Build a Brave & Creative Life|last=Mangano|first=Joy|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2018|isbn=9781501176203|location=New York|pages=211|oclc=1007821075}}</ref>

===Television=== Soon after she began appearing on QVC in 1992, she began appearing regularly on HSN and is considered the network's most successful purveyor, with annual sales of more than $150 million.<ref name="investors" /> Her hourly sales regularly top $1 million.<ref name="USA">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usa-network-and-tv-shopping-network-hsn-join-forces-for-groundbreaking-reality-show-made-in-the-usa-53842632.html|title=USA Network and TV Shopping Network HSN Join Forces for Groundbreaking Reality Show 'Made in the U.S.A.'|date=January 4, 2005|access-date=December 28, 2015|work=PR Newswire}}</ref><ref name="Futon">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2005/06/01/usa-network-and-home-shopping-network-join-forces-for-groundbreaking-reality-show-made-in-the-usa-18500/20050601usa01/|title=Made in the USA|publisher=Futon Media|access-date=December 28, 2015|work=The Futon Critic}}</ref> Mangano has also appeared in shorter commercials and infomercials for her company's products.<ref name="USA" /> She said that while selling on television is an opportunity to reach millions of people, it requires genuine enthusiasm to persuade people who can't touch or try the product.<ref name="nyt" /> A HSN executive wrote that Mangano's success is due to her ability to convey her "passion, excitement and pride of every detail with her viewers."<ref name="investors" /> In 2019 after nearly two decades, she left HSN to pursue other professional opportunities.<ref name="Departing"/> However, by 2022, Mangano was again appearing regularly on HSN promoting her CleanBoss line of home, personal and cleaning products.

====Other television appearances==== In 2005, Mangano was a judge on the cable reality show ''Made in the USA''.<ref name="USA" /><ref name="Futon" /> She also appeared on the ABC show ''The View'' on February 2, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-view/episode-6217265/192276/|title=TV Guide, The View|date=February 2, 2007}}</ref>

==Awards and distinctions== In 1997, Mangano was named Long Island Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young.<ref name="nyt" /> In 2009, she was ranked number 77 on Fast Company's list of The 100 Most Creative People in Business; and in 2010, she was included in their list of The 10 Most Creative Women in Business.<ref name=FC>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3010596/most-creative-people/the-10-most-creative-women-in-business|title=The 10 Most Creative Women in Business|first=Suzy|last=Evans|date=May 20, 2010|access-date=January 25, 2011|work=Fast Company}}</ref>

Mangano currently sits on the advisory board for the United Inventors Association (UIA).<ref>[https://uiausa.org/uia-advisory-board/ United Inventors Association Official Website] accessed 2-23-2022</ref>

==In popular culture== A character based on Mangano is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the 2015 film ''Joy'', directed by David O. Russell, with Mangano credited as executive producer. It was released on Christmas Day 2015.<ref name="McNearney" /><ref name="Davis">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/david-o-russells-joy-starring-jennifer-lawrence-set-for-a-december-2015-release-date-20140606|title=David O. Russell's 'Joy' Starring Jennifer Lawrence Set For A December 2016 Release Date|last=Davis|first=Edward|date=June 6, 2014|website=Indiewire|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017064108/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/david-o-russells-joy-starring-jennifer-lawrence-set-for-a-december-2015-release-date-20140606|archive-date=October 17, 2014|access-date=October 7, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2018, it was reported that a musical production depicting Mangano's life story is being developed by Tony-winning producer Ken Davenport, who acquired the musical rights and plans to bring it to the stage.<ref name="Broadway"/>

==Personal life== Mangano married Tony Miranne in 1978 shortly after both graduated from Pace University.<ref name="Calautti">{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/12/joy-mangano-true-story|access-date=December 28, 2015|date=December 17, 2015|work=Vanity Fair|publisher=Condé Nast|title=Why Is the True Story of David O. Russell's Joy Such a Mystery?|first=Katie|last=Calautti}}</ref> They divorced in 1989.<ref name="Calautti"/> They have three children: Christie, Robert, and Jacqueline Miranne.<ref name="Calautti"/> She lives in St. James, New York.

==See also== {{Portal|Biography|New York (state)}} *List of inventors

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.joymangano.com}} * {{IMDb name|2066601|Joy Mangano}}

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