The Ring video doorbell was invented by Jamie Siminoff. He created the world's first Wi-Fi video doorbell while working in his garage around 2011. Initially, the product was called DoorBot before being rebranded as Ring in 2014

. Siminoff founded the company in 2013 and developed the doorbell to solve the problem of missed deliveries by allowing homeowners to see and communicate with visitors remotely via their smartphones

. Despite initial struggles, including a failed pitch on the TV show Shark Tank, his invention eventually became highly successful and was acquired by Amazon in 2018 for approximately $1 billion