Bob Circosta

Bob Circosta is widely known as Television's original home shopping host and a key figure in creating the multi-billion-dollar TV home shopping industry. Often called "TV's Billion-Dollar Man," he has personally sold over six billion dollars in merchandise during his career. 

Pioneer of HSN: Circosta's career began in 1977 at a small radio station in Clearwater, Florida, where he successfully sold 112 avocado-green electric can openers on air. This success led the station owner, Bud Paxson, to found a local cable shopping channel, which eventually became the nationwide Home Shopping Network (HSN).