Lonnie Johnson is an inventor with a net worth of $360 million. Born in 1949, he is most famous for inventing the popular Super Soaker water gun toy. He has since gone on to patent seven dozen other products, including the Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Converter System, which was featured on Popular Mechanics' 2009 list of the year's ten most important inventions.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $360 million (2024)
About
Most famous for inventing the popular Super Soaker water gun toy, he went on to patent seven dozen other products, including the Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Converter System, which made Popular Mechanics' 2009 list of the year's ten most important inventions.
Before Fame
After earning his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and his master's in nuclear engineering from Tuskegee University, he worked on the United States Air Force's stealth bomber and on NASA's Galileo Jupiter mission.
Trivia
He established energy-based technology companies called Johnson Electro-Mechanical Systems (or JEMS) and Excellatron Solid State.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama.
Associated With
Johnson and MGA Entertainment toy company C.E.O. Isaac Larian both contributed to the development of extremely popular toys (Larian's company produced Bratz dolls).
