RI Entrepreneur Makes it Big in Pillow Covers

Business Week has a story this week about Gary Goldberg, an East Providence-based entrepreneur who invented a new kind of pillow case for allergy sufferers. From Business Week:

Gary Goldberg’s aha! moment came in the spring of 2004, when Dr. Robert Klein, a pediatrician at Rhode Island Hospital, told him how difficult it was to combat allergen-related illnesses. Those conversations, coupled with Goldberg’s own 8-year-old son’s struggles with allergies, left the third-generation textile specialist convinced there was a big market for products to serve the 60 million U.S. allergy sufferers.

Today, 37-year-old Goldberg is president of East Providence (R.I.)-based CleanBrands, which has developed a unique line of mattress and pillow covers, called CleanRest encasements, that prevents sleepers from inhaling allergens, like dust mites, that live in their beddings naturally. [full text]

4 thoughts on “RI Entrepreneur Makes it Big in Pillow Covers

  1. I am glad you enjoyed the article about me and the products I developed, increasing the public’s level of awareness about the importance of healthy sleep is a critical mission of our company. Glad to see you are helping with the cause.

    Sleep well,

    Gary

  2. Kudo’s to you Mr. Goldberg!

    It was a pleasure to read “Making a Case For Allergy Sufferers” in the recent edition of BusinessWeek. Your problem solving abilities and success are both inspiring and motivating. Thank you!

    Right brain intelligence is under rated!

    I’ll be visiting a Target soon to make a purchase.

    Sincerely,
    Claudia Zanni
    Rhode Island School of Design

  3. Mr. Goldberg,

    I would like to submit my resume to you for your review and consideration. Please email me your email address to Lisamarieshevlin@hotmail.

    Thank you,

    Lisa Shevlin

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