Robert Herjavec

 

Robert Herjavec is a Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality. Herjavec was born in Varaždin, Croatia and immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of eight to escape communism in his home country. His family came with only 20 dollars and a suitcase. 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 soon became Canada's top provider of Internet security software. BRAK Systems was sold to AT&T in 2000 for $100 million, and Herjavec took a position there as VP of Internet Security. He subsequently became VP of Sales at RAMP Networks, which was later sold to Nokia for $225 million. In 2003, Herjavec founded The Herjavec Group, a security software company, of which he is presently the CEO. It is now recognized as the fastest growing technology company in Canada. Herjavec has also written the book “Driven” which has stayed on the bestseller list for over 8 months, and became one of the best-selling books in Canada. Herjavec is also in one of the leading roles on the TV shows Dragons Den and Sharks Tank. On his free time he enjoys running in marathons, golfing and motor racing.