He turned pure island water into liquid gold, selling his company in 2004 for a reported $50 million.
David Gilmour, a Canadian-born entrepreneur who made millions in real estate and gold mining, but who remained best known for bringing a glamorous, square-edged approach to hydration as the founder of Fiji water, died June 11 at his home in Manhattan. He was 91.By the time he came up with the idea for Fiji water in the early 1990s, Mr. Gilmour had amassed a fortune from his business ventures with, a friend from his college days in Toronto.
. “Ideas come to me when I’m sitting on the island; it’s given me every good idea I’ve had in business.”That included the idea behind Fiji water, which Mr. Gilmour said was inspired by seeing a guest brandish a bottle of Evian on the Wakaya golf course. There was no reason, he decided, for someone to bring a water bottle from Europe when there was fresh natural water to be found in Fiji.
Like other bottled water companies, Fiji has been criticized as wasteful, given the plastic that goes into the bottles and the energy it takes to make, fill and ship them around the world. But the company has remained a commercial success, and today trails only San Pellegrino among imported water sales in the United States, according to the Beverage Marketing Corp.
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