Robert Herjavec Speaker & Booking Information
Entrepreneur and Star of ABC's Shark Tank
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Speaker Bio
Robert Herjavec was born September 14, 1963 and is a Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality.
Herjavec was born in Zbjeg, Croatia and emigrated with his family to Canada at the age of eight, eventually settling in the Toronto neighbourhood of Rexdale. He attended New College at the University of Toronto, and began his business career with IBM mainframe sales.
In 1990 he founded BRAK Systems, which was a Canadian integrator of Internet security software. BRAK Systems was sold to AT&T Canada in 2000 for Cdn$30.2 million, and Herjavec took a position there as VP of Internet Security.
Herjavec subsequently became VP of Sales at RAMP Networks in October 2000, two months prior to the company announcing that it had agreed to be acquired by Nokia in a tender offer for $5.80 per share. The total consideration for the company was US$127million. Herjavec was granted options which partially vested upon completion of the transaction in the amount of US$471,088. Nokia completed the acquisition in January 2001.
In 2003, Herjavec founded The Herjavec Group, a security software integrator and reseller, of which he is presently the CEO.
Herjavec starred in the CBC Television series Dragons' Den from season 1 to 6. He was also selected by Mark Burnett to appear on Shark Tank, the U.S. version of Dragons' Den.