Allen McClay

Sir Allen McClay
Born
Allen McClay

(1932-03-21)21 March 1932
Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Died12 January 2010(2010-01-12) (aged 77)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationCookstown High School
Alma materBelfast College of Technology
Occupation(s)Pharmacist, entrepreneur
TitleCBE
SpouseHeather Topping (1983–2010; his death)

Sir Allen McClay CBE (21 March 1932 – 12 January 2010[1]) was a Northern Irish multi-millionaire businessman and philanthropist who founded Galen (later Warner Chilcott), a pharmaceutical company which was Northern Ireland's first one billion pound business.[2] After resigning from Galen in 2001, he went on to form a second successful pharmaceutical company, the Almac Group.

  1. ^ "Obituary: Tycoon and patron who never forgot his roots". The Irish Times. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Below the Radar – Sir Allen McClay". Thinking Big. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.