Richard Lipsey founded Lipsey’s in 1983 and has been an influential business and community leader ever since, growing the company into the largest firearms distributor in the country. Here is a snippet of responses from his Capital Region 500 questionnaire:
LESSON LEARNED THE HARD WAY
Balancing work with pleasure. It took me 25 years to figure out I could take Saturdays off and the business would survive without me there.
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MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW
I love my Saturday gin game.
‘IMPOSSIBLE’ IDEA I STILL BELIEVE IN
We could finally develop the Mississippi riverfront into a true dynamic tourist attraction.
HOPED-FOR LEGACY
That I have had a positive and lasting impact, both civic and charitable wise, on the Greater Baton Rouge community.
