scooter. In 2006, Thalheimer left the business after 29 years at the helm. Thalheimer remained on the board until 2007 when he sold his remaining shares in the business. Thalheimer appeared on numerous prime time television shows including Late Night with David Letterman and The Joan Rivers Show. He was featured in the Citibank Diner's Club network commercial. RichardSolo After leaving The Sharper Image, Thalheimer founded RichardSolo in 2007. As soon as he founded the business, he continued where he left off with Sharper Image and began to invent and distribute useful gadgets. It began in 2007 when he signed an exclusivity agreement to distribute a backup battery pack for smart devices, such as iPhones. By 2008, the company had grown to a turnover of $4 million, simply by offering a single product. Thalheimer recognized that the success wasn't only the charging of a phone on the go, but also the notoriously poor battery life of the iPhone. RichardSolo also launched other products, such as the Back-Up, which was a back support. The Sharper Fund In 2010, Thalheimer devoted his full-time energies to managing his stock portfolio and began to study with the Najarian Brothers. In 2015, Thalheimer launched his family office fund, which is known today as The Sharper Fund. The Sharper Fund recorded gains of 96% during 2019. Through the first half of 2020, recorded gains of 73%. During a podcast interview, Thalheimer spoke about his simple, yet effective option trading strategies and public stock predictions. He compared his investing strategy to how he created and marketed Sharper Image products; looking at long term benefits and market factors at the time of investment. Then, he gave an example of his investment in Chipotle. The company suffered a sharp fall in share price after numerous food poisoning issues. Thalheimer stated that after the fall in share price, Chipotle hired the ex-Taco Bell CEO, Brian Niccol. He believed that Niccol's expertise would change the culture at Chipotle and subsequently they would see the share price return to its highs of $750 a share. At the time of the podcast interview, Thalheimer stated he had made large returns due to the increase he had seen in the restaurant chain's share price. In December 2018, Thalheimer was interviewed on a couple of occasions about his position on Tesla's stock price. Thalheimer stated in the interview he had always held a bullish view