Gender Male
Glico’s founder, Riichi Ezaki, took charge of his father’s pharmaceutical business when he was 18 years old. During his childhood days, he learned that the essence of business was not only for his own benefit but also for the benefit of society. It was this spirit that, at the age of 36, led him to actively start a business that was contributing to
the mind and physical health of people. Riichi’s nutritious candy “Glico”, containing glycogen, went on sale for the first time at Osaka Mitsukoshi, the most trusted department store in the city of Osaka, on February 22nd, 1922. In fact, this date has been established as Glico’s founding day, a significant milestone in cultivating nutritious confectionery as a new genre in the industry. Self-taught in pharmaceutical and nutritional matters as well as in the aspects of sales, advertising, and consumer psychology, Riichi positively applied his ingenuity to the business matters that he encountered throughout his life. His continued pursuit of contributing to society was the starting point of the Glico Group.
