Marcus Anthoni Lemonis (Beirut, November 16, 1973) is an American businessman, inventor, philanthropist and television presenter of Lebanese origin who commands more than 7,000 employees in the United States and has a fortune estimated at more than 2 billion dollars. He is currently the president and CEO of Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises, and the host of the reality show The Profit (The Partner, in Brazil; Majority Partner, in Portugal), broadcast in several countries by the History channel, and in Brazil by Band, in which he saves small or medium-sized companies, usually with great business potential but who are in trouble.
Lemonis was born in Beirut, Lebanon, during the chaos of the Civil War and foreign invasions. Lemonis received a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Marquette University in 1995 and ran for the Democratic Party for a seat on the Florida House of Representatives shortly after graduation. Not being elected, he focused his career in the automobile production and trade industry.