About Robert Herjavec - Shark Tank - Biography H
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About Robert Herjavec - Shark Tank -
Biography
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, [ 2 ] 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. [ 3 ] Herjavec was granted options which partially vested upon completion of the transaction in the amount of US$471,088. [ 4 ] 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 . [ 5 ]
Herjavec starred in the CBC Television series Dragons' Den from season 1 to 6. [ 6 ] He was also selected by Mark Burnett to appear on Shark Tank , the U.S. version of Dragons' Den . [ 7 ]
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