| Celebrated Name: | Robert Herjavec |
|---|---|
| Real Name/Full Name: | Robert Herjavec |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 61 years old |
| Birth Date: | 14 September 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Varaždin, Croatia |
| Nationality: | Croatian, Canadian |
| Height: | 1.71 m |
| Weight: | 65 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | Kym Johnson (m. 2016), Diane Plese (m. 1990–2016) |
| Children: | Yes (Skye Herjavec, Haven Mae Herjavec, Brendan Herjavec, Caprice Herjavec, Hudson Robert Herjavec) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): |
N/A |
| Profession: | Canadian businessman, investor, and celebrity |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $250 million |
| Last Updated: | April 2024 |
Robert Herjavec is one of the best-known venture capitalists in the world, a businessman, and a television personality. Robert, the founder of The Herjavec Group, which is a technology group, gained worldwide recognition after he became a judge with ABC Shark Tank and Canadian CBC Dragons Den.
He has built his net worth fortune from venturing into internet security and today in other investments in shark Tank.
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Early Life
Robert Herjavec hailed from Croatia and was born in 1962. Due to his father speaking out against the regime back then, he was forced to move out after being thrown in jail for 22 years. The family came to Toronto, where they had only $20 in their pockets. They settled in a friend’s basement house, and the father secured a job paying him around $76 on a weekly basis.
He went to the University of Toronto, where he graduated from New College with a degree in political science and English literature. After graduation, he took some jobs such as a collection agent, newspaper delivery man, and also working as a waiter.
Personal Life
Today Herjavec has married Kym Johnson, whom they were engaged in February 2016 and married the same year July and they live in Los Angeles. However, before Kym Johnson came into the picture, Herjavec had married Diane Plese from 1990 but divorced in 2014, and together, they had two daughters. And one son.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 14 September 1962, Robert Herjavec is 61 years old as of today’s date 26th April 2024. His height is 1.71 m tall, and his weight is 65 kg.
Career
Herjavec career kicked off in various production roles, and he became an assistant director and also a field producer covering the XIV Winter Olympic Games in Bosnia.
After moving out from Global TV as a field producer, he sought work with Logiquest, but he was underqualified, so he offered to work for them for free over a period of six months, which forced him to wait tables to support his monthly expenses. He finally secured a job with them, where he became a general manager of Logiquest till 1990. He was fired in 1990, and that’s when he founded BRAK Systems, which was an integrator of internet security software. After ten years, he sold the company to AT&T for $30 million.
In 2003 he founded Herjavec Group, which currently is the CEO. Herjavec Group is the largest IT security provider in Canada and one of the fastest-growing companies in the world. Today the company has made over half a billion dollars in sales.
Currently, Robert Herjavec is a judge on ABC show “Shark Tank” and a Canadian version of it on CBC “Dragon’s Den.”
Awards & Achievements
Herjavec has received numerous awards related to his achievements in business and entrepreneurial. Some of the awards are 2012 Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Technology, GTA Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal from Canada, among other awards.
Net Worth & Salary of Robert Herjavec in 2024
As of April 2024, Robert Herjavec net worth amounts to $250 million. Herjavec has made his money by selling his company to AT&T for $30 million in year 2000s. However, Robert Herjavec net worth has grown tremendously since then through his Herjavec Group, which has been able to make sales of over $500 million as of today.
Another net worth booster of his was the sale of RAMP Network to Nokia Corporation for a cool $225 million. Don’t forget Robert Herjavec earnings also come from his participation in Shark Tank, where an episode earns him around $30,000 that earned him an annual salary of $1 million, and of course, he has invested in some of these projects where he makes some cash too.
Robert Herjavec’s net worth of $250 million is an example of rags to riches, and he should serve as an excellent example to those who might be thinking of giving up because that’s not the way. Try harder and be smart; you might be the next Robert Herjavec.