Ghanaian Selom Agbitor on ‘Shark Tank’ and Business Success [Video]

This story is part of our Start. Build. Grow. series, a celebration of Black business.

Selom Agbitor is an entrepreneur at his core, having tried his hand at several business ventures — some successful, others not so much.

Thanks to an appearance on season 12 of “Shark Tank,” Agbitor finally struck business gold: Mad Rabbit, a tattoo healing care line that was valued at $56 million in 2023.

Agbitor and his close friend Oliver Zak founded Mad Rabbit during their senior year of college at Ohio’s Miami University.

“Oliver actually had a stick and poke tattoo on his thigh that wasn’t healing properly,” said Agbitor. “His mom urged him to find a way to take care of it since he spent a lot of money on it. She’s the one that helped us create the first version of our tattoo …