Manoj Bhargava

Manoj Bhargava is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder and CEO of 5-hour Energy, a flavoured energy drink, under his company ‘Living Essential’.

Bhargava’s net worth is estimated to be at $1.5 billion and it took just 8 years for Bhargava to take his company and brand towards success and conquer the market with nearly 90 percent shares.

Born in Lucknow in the year 1953, Bhargava moved to West Philadelphia in 1967 accompanied by his parents.

Beginning of his career, Bhargava worked as a construction laborer, construction cleaning contractor, accounting clerk, taxi driver and tried his luck in many more sectors. In the 90’s he started a consumer products company, ‘Living Essentials’, which later on came up with the well-known product "5-Hour Energy". He was honoured with the "Newsmaker of the Year” award in 2011, by the Crain's Detroit Business.

He recently made an announcement that 90 percent of his earnings will go to charity.