Skin care products feature goat milk and milk proteins, honey and other natural ingredients
- Year Founded: 2009
- Founders: Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge In 2007, the couple purchased the Beekman 1802 Farm in Sharon Springs, NY, where they filmed their Cooking Channel show.
- In 2021, Eurazeo Brands acquired a controlling stake in Beekman 1802 for $62 million, along with Cohesive Capital Partners and the Cherng Family Trust.
- Hero Product: Goat Milk Moisturizing Soap Bar
- https://beekman1802.com/
Beekman 1802 co-founders Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell with baby goats
Brand Story: When Josh Kilmer-Purcell, advertising executive and New York Times bestselling author and his partner Brent Ridge, a physician and former vice president of Healthy Living for Martha Stewart Omnimedia, purchased a farm in 2007, they had no idea that it would launch one of the fastest growing lifestyle brands in the country. Originally a weekend getaway from their hectic city lives, the farm became their lifeline after both men lost their jobs during the recession of 2008. Faced with possible foreclosure, the pair made a decision—if they were going to save their farm, they would have to make it profitable. After taking in a neighboring farmer and his herd of dairy goats, Ridge and Kilmer-Purcell began producing soaps and cheese. Today, that farm in Sharon Springs, NY —known as Beekman 1802—has become a TV Show, mercantile, bestselling cookbook and memoir, website and tourist destination.
