Meet The Safariland Multimillionaire Getting Rich Off Tear Gas and More In The Defense Industry

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Meet the Safariland multimillionaire getting rich off tear gas and more in the defense industry: by DenizCam

. Kanders, however, describes his company’s offerings as benign. “Whether it’s under Obama—he was fond of using these products very frequently—or under Bush or Clinton or whomever, we are there to make nonlethal products and to provide those products to friends of our government through very prescribed channels,” Kanders toldKanders’ work is earning him plenty of critics.

Kanders addressed the Whitney community the same day. “My hope is that providing facts about Safariland, and the vital products it produces for public safety professionals worldwide, can lead to a more informed and constructive dialogue as we move forward together,” he said in a statement. , buying up 205 eyewear stores over four years. In 1996 he sold the business for $228 million to the French lens maker Essilor,in 2006; Essilor is now part of the Italian eyewear giant Luxottica. Kanders pocketed an estimated $30 million from the Essilor sale and used $3 million of that to buy 70% of a small company that sold body armor to law enforcement officers.

 

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