FOUNDER, ALLERGAN
WHY: Founding father of OC’s aesthetic, ophthalmic and drug-making industries. Saw maker of Botox turn into an international powerhouse. Namesake of UCI eye center.
IN THE NEWS: Now 90, still active in business. Helped build San Clemente’s Regenesis into a thriving $50M business, one that provides a mix of technology-based products and services to large national engineering firms that work on soil and groundwater remediation projects.
NOTABLE: Says Regenesis’ latest product, PlumeStop, a liquid activated carbon compound designed for groundwater uses, “could be our Botox.”
