The Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship is organising an insider perspective of what it is like to be a family entrepreneur in this fun, interactive Gorilla Glue Live Case Study:

Tuesday, Nov 14th 4pm-6pm at Park Manor West Schlesinger.

Nick Ragland, MBA '00 is Chair of The Gorilla Glue Company a leading, family-owned producer of consumer-branded glues, tapes, and lotions. Nick will share how his family grew tiny Lutz Tool into a rapidly growing international brand powerhouse -- and how the family had major decisions to make at that juncture.  Students will work in groups to produce solutions to Gorilla Glue’s challenge at the nexus of self, family, and business.

Participants will work in groups to produce solutions to Gorilla Glue’s challenge at the nexus of self, family, and business.

Nick Ragland is Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for The Gorilla Glue Company (Gorilla) a leading, family owned producer of consumer-branded glues, tapes, and lotions. The company’s two brands, Gorilla and O’Keeffe’s, were acquired as small niche brands and have grown to be dominant players in the home improvement and personal care markets. Gorilla has over 700 employees worldwide. For the last 20 years, Gorilla has grown through smart acquisitions, European expansion, focused organic growth, customer centric sales and analysis, efficient operations, and intentional investments in culture, talent, and team building. Nick has led many of those efforts through his progressions at Gorilla as COO, CFO and Co-President. 

Nick graduated from DePauw University in 1992 with a BA in History and from Boston University in 1994 with BS in Journalism. He also has an MBA from Babson College in 2000.