'Shark Tank': Kids of 9/11 firefighter get their late dad's invention a deal with Williams Sonoma via CNBCMakeIt
On the original episode, Kaley told the investors that her father created the Cup Board Pro when she was in high school in 2010, but as he received the product's first prototypes, their mother, Beth King, got sick. The business took a backseat and King died at age 47 in 2012.
In December 2017, Keith had 2,000 Cup Board Pros made to launch his business. But just as he received the final product, Keith was diagnosed with a 9/11-related cancer. He died in March 2018. The heart and resilience the Youngs showed led to a rare deal with all five sharks on the October episode — Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, Lori Greiner, Daymond John and. Each Shark agreed to contribute $20,000 for a total $100,000 for 20 percent of the business. As part of the deal, any profits the sharks earn from the investment would be given to a charity helping firemen who became sick after 9/11, the Sharks said.
So, the Youngs explained, the Sharks stepped in and introduced the entrepreneurs to Williams Sonoma. The high-end kitchenware company struck a licensing deal with the Youngs and is re-engineering the product, manufacturing it and distributing it. The Cut Board Pro currently retails at Williams Sonoma for $59.95., Williams Sonoma announced it had made minor improvements to the original design of the cutting board , but that the majority of the board's original design remained in-tact.
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