Alan Kligerman is the founder of AkPharma Inc. which makes and markets specialty products centered around food acid neutralization, including Prelief.
In 1974, Alan Kligerman started the business that was to become Lactaid Inc., now the world's leading company in the field of lactose-reduced milk and dairy products. He invented a calcium-fortified milk that is still the largest seller in the U.S. Lactaid Inc. was purchased by Johnson & Johnson in 1991. Mr. Kligerman then developed Beano®, an enzyme-based product for better digestion of numerous vegetables. This company is also the largest in its field and was sold to Block Drug Company in 1997.
Prior to founding Lactaid, Kligerman worked in the family business, Kligerman Dairies, both as a boy on the routes and later as an adult. The dairy was started in 1918 and operated until about 1964. He left the dairy in 1957 to start his own ice cream routes which evolved over some years into a specialty business, SugarLo Company, which made and sold dietary ice cream in most of the U.S. and Canada.
Alan Kligerman attended Cornell University.
I have no degrees except an honorary one, I did not go to a business school, I did not go to the market for funding. I bore every risk myself and I was financially accountable to no one other than myself and my family. Obviously I had community, customer, and regulatory issues then and now. When ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Alan Kligerman Shares Passion For Working With Enzymes and Belief That His Product Was The Best
Alan Kligerman Discusses How He Handled Regulations Regarding Sale of Milk In New York City
Alan Kligerman States When You Are Ahead of the Curve, It Takes The Market A While to Catch Up
Alan Kligerman States Importance of Knowing Yourself of What Type of Work Environment Suits You
Alan Kligerman States Importance of Getting a Product To Market Even If It Isn't Perfect
