A Category Pioneer Stays Energized

Two decades ago, Manoj Bhargava essentially invented an entire beverage category with 5-hour ENERGY two-ounce “shots,” earning him billionaire status and giving him the philanthropic resources to pursue technology solutions for some of the biggest challenges the poorest segments of the world’s population routinely face.

But Bhargava hasn’t removed himself from the commercial world. Far from it. About two years ago, he thrust 5-hour ENERGY for the first time into one of the…