Kevin Harrington (entrepreneur)
Kevin Harrington, CEO of TVGoods.com, LLC and co-founder of OmniReliant Holdings, Inc., is a pioneer and principal architect of the the "infomercial" industry. Since his start in direct TV marketing in the 1980s, Harrington has financed more than 500 product launches resulting in sales of over $4 billion worldwide with 20 products reaching individual sales of over $100 million.
Harrington’s first company, Quantum International, merged into National Media in 1991 and grew to $500 million in annual sales with distribution in over 100 countries and 20 languages. Kevin was also CEO of several other entrepreneurial start-ups, including a joint venture with the Home Shopping Network in 1994 called HSN Direct and Reliant International Media in 1997 which was sold in 2007. Kevin also co-founded OmniReliant Holdings, Inc. in 2006.
Due to his extensive resume, Harrington became an investor on the ABC-TV show, Shark Tank, in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas in hopes of securing investment financing from a panel of business experts – the "sharks." The show is produced by Mark Burnett and is based on the British show, Dragons' Den.
Harrington has founded two global networking associations, the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and the Electronic Retailing Association[1] (ERA)