Mr. Bhargava’s Miracle Elixir: Fact-Checking The 5-Hour Medicine Show
Originally published on Deadline Detroit. Manoj Bhargava, whose Farmington Hills-based company Living Essentials LLC produces 5-hour Energy, claims the product has made him a billionaire. Business organizations and local journalists have gushed over Bhargava’s commercial acumen and 5-hour Energy’s success. Bhargava immigrated to the United States from Lucknow, India, as a teenager in the 1960s and his product, according to Forbes, controls 90% of the energy shot market. His c