Robert Herjavec | |
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 Herjavec in 2023 | |
| Born | September 14, 1962 |
| Citizenship | Canada[1] |
| Education | University of Toronto (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | CEO of The Herjavec Group Founder of BRAK Systems |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | Official website |
Robert Herjavec (/hərˈdʒɑːvɛk/; Croatian: [xěrjaːʋet͡s]; born September 14, 1962)[2] is a Croatian-Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality.
Herjavec founded BRAK Systems, a Canadian integrator of Internet security software, and sold it to AT&T Canada (now Allstream Inc.) in 2000 for $30.2 million.[3][4][5] In 2003, he founded The Herjavec Group, now one of the largest information technology and computer security companies in Canada, with over $200 million in annual revenue. He has been a panelist and investor on several versions of the business reality series Dragon's Den, including the Canadian CBC series Dragons' Den, the American ABC's version of the series Shark Tank, and from 2023, on the Australian Network 10 version also titled Shark Tank. He has also written books on advancing in business.
Herjavec received the 2012 Ernst & Young Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Technology[6] and the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Governor-General of Canada for Outstanding Service to Canada.[7]
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