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Manoj BhargavaInnovation Ventures, LLC / Founder Manoj Bhargava (born 1953) is an Indian American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Innovations Ventures LLC (dba Living Essentials LLC), the company known for producing the 5-hour Energy drink. By 2012, the brand had grown to do an estimated $1 billion in sales.

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The idea of the 5-Hour Energy Drink emerged in the spring of 2003. Bhargava was attending a natural products trade show in Anaheim, California. What caught his immediate attention was a booth selling a 16-ounce concoction claiming an hours-long productivity boost. He had the drink and thought it was great!

In 2004, Bhargava was at a tradeshow and came across an energy drink. Bhargava dreamed of an energy drink without sugar, unknown stimulants, and with less fluid ounces. Out of his planning, he created a small, 2.49 ounce bottle, that provided “5 hours of energy”.

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5-hour Energy (stylized as 5-hour ENERGY) is an American-made "energy shot" manufactured by Living Essentials LLC. The company was founded by CEO Manoj Bhargava and launched in 2004.

"Caffeine can be a great thing, at low doses," Miller told Live Science. "With the consumption of five 5-hour Energy drinks, however, you move past alert and awake, into the territory of jittery, anxious and [heart palpitations]."

Ingredients: Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Citicoline, N-acetyl-L-Tyrosine, L-Phenylalanine, Taurine, Malic Acid, Glucuronic acid (as or from glucuronolactone), Caffeine (230mg).

Unlike other popular energy drinks, there is zero sugar and no calories in the 5-hour ENERGY drink. So, it's diet-friendly.

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