Lori Greiner

 Lori Greiner is an American jewelry designer as well as a reality TV judge, with an estimated net worth of $150 million. Lori Grenier, a self-made inventor, is also an entrepreneur has more than 700 different products. She has 120 U.S. patents and other international patents. Lori became famous for her role as one of the "Sharks" on the business reality series "Shark Tank". "Lori Greiner was born December 9, 1969, at Chicago, Illinois. Her family lived on Chicago's Near North Side of Chicago as the daughter of an estate agent and a psychologist. The couple divorced at the age of eight. Her B.A. was awarded to her. in communication with a concentration on journalism from Loyola University Chicago. When she was in the college years, she was employed by the Chicago Tribune. Her initial goal was to become an actor. She made and sold costume jewelry.In the mid-90s, Lori Greiner designed a plastic organizer to hold up to 100 earrings. Her earring organizer was purchased by J. C. Penney prior to the Christmas season, and became a massive success. Within her first 6 months of business, Greiner signed a deal to develop items for JC Penney. Within a year, she was selling her products on TV on cable and during her debut appearance, she sold 2,500 organizers for earring studs within 2 minutes. The earring organizer she created earned her more than $1 million.