Gilmour a vrut să vadă dacă există o soluție pe insulă. Very interesting reading. Stewart and Lynda Resnick's Roll Global (since renamed to The Wonderful Company) acquired Fiji Water from Gilmour in 2004 for a reported US$50 million. David H Gilmour – Fiji Water . Compania Fiji Water a fost fondată în 1996 de către David Gilmour, om de afaceri canadian. Canadian businessman David Gilmour founded Fiji Water under the name Natural Waters of Viti Ltd. in 1996. Back in 1972, he flew over Wakaya Island 3 times because there was no airport there, and bought it from that experience. The company, which exports roughly 45 million liters of water each year, soon became the fastest-growing premium beverage in the United States. De asemenea, deținea o stațiune de vacanță pe insula din Fiji, dar se saturase de obligația de a oferi oaspeților săi apă îmbuteliată expediată de la mii de kilometri distanță. While the amount of the sale was never disclosed, industry sources say it sold for about $63 million. You can read more about David H. Gilmour and Wakaya Perfection, in this Forbes Magazine article. In 2009, Fiji Water had $85 million in sales. Canadian billionaire David Gilmour has announced the sale of Fiji Water, which exports around 45 million litres each year to countries including Australia. FIJI Water has been the iconic luxury water bottle brand since its creation in 1996, when founder David Gilmour obtained a 99-year lease for an artesian aquifer in Viti Levu, Fiji (Wujec 2). The Resnicks' holding company also owns Teleflora, POM Wonderful and Suterra.. In 2004, Gilmour bought Fiji Water, which was the second-largest imported water brand in the United States behind Evian from France. Wakaya Perfection – David H Gilmour .