Ira Lipman
| Ira A. Lipman | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 15, 1940 Little Rock Arkansas |
| Residence | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Little Rock Central High School |
| Alma mater | Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Occupation | Businessman, philanthropist |
| Known for | Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Leadership of social justice organizations |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara K. Lipman |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Parent(s) | Mark Lipman Belle Ackerman |
Ira A. Lipman (born 1940) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman emeritus of Guardsmark, a privately owned security company with a payroll of 17,000 employees and 130 offices in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom and France. In 2015, he sold Guardsmark to Universal Protection Service, the largest private security company in the United States, and he served as its vice chairman until its 2016 merger with AlliedBarton. He has been called "a pioneer in the private security guard business". His work has been cited by the United States Department of Justice's Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations. He supports the arts in Memphis, Tennessee and Judeo-Christian interfaith dialogue in the United States.
Ira A. Lipman was born November 15, 1940. His father, Mark Lipman, was the founder of Mark Lipman Service, a private investigation company, and the author of the 1975 book Stealing: How America's Employees Are Stealing Their Companies Blind. His mother was Belle Ackerman. He was a member of Aleph Zadik Aleph.
Lipman was educated at the Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. While he was in high school, Lipman acted an anonymous source to journalist John Chancellor, who was covering desegregation. Meanwhile, Lipman graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1962.
Lipman founded Guardsmark, a security company, in 1963. He initially founded the company to provide hospitals and factories with a better security services organization. Within a year, in 1964, he had under 100 employees. He served as its president and chairman from 1970 to 2015.
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