Manoj Bhargava is the founder and chief executive of Innovation Ventures, LLC. He is the creator of 5‐hour ENERGY® - the segment-leading and iconic 2-oz energy shot. He is a highly successful serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, committed to companies that are at the forefront of improving the lives of humanity worldwide. Those enterprises include his family office, MBX Group, which owns a self-clearing broker-dealer and companies that focus on water purification, healthcare, and The Obvious Factory, the invention shop that creates new solutions to old problems. The companies in the Bhargava portfolio carry a common theme – do something useful.