David Sackler
INM Board Member
Bio
David Sackler is a seasoned executive, investor, and strategist with nearly 30 years of leadership across the nutritional supplement, natural products, and consumer goods industries. He has built his career at the intersection of brand creation, large-scale manufacturing, and strategic growth, serving as a C-Level operator, board member, and advisor to companies ranging from early-stage start-ups to established global manufacturers and brands.
From 2020 to 2025, David served as Chief Executive Officer of SDC Nutrition Inc., where he led a comprehensive operational and commercial turnaround that culminated in a successful sale to private equity. Over the course of his career, he has helped scale brands from start-up stage to eight-figure revenues, and larger brands and companies into nine-figure revenues. Collectively, the products he has launched, built, and manufactured represent billions in cumulative manufacturing and retail sales worldwide.
David has worked extensively with companies across the healthy lifestyle and nutrition sectors, supporting start-ups requiring formulation development, business planning, and go-to-market strategy, as well as established brands seeking new product innovation, alternative nutritional delivery systems, and expansion into new formats and channels. His experience includes direct executive oversight of manufacturing operations, supply chain establishment and optimization, and the creation and scaling of multi-format product portfolios for both domestic and multinational organizations.
His expertise spans all major product formats, including powders, capsules, tablets, ready-to-drink products (high- and low-acid), gummies, nutrition bars, functional snacks, and a wide range of packaging systems. He is deeply knowledgeable in both standard and novel active ingredients, natural products, formulation strategy, and operations. David also brings deep experience across all major distribution channels, from traditional bricks and mortar to modern virtual retail systems.
Throughout his career, David has worked and collaborated with a broad range of companies including Atkins Nutritionals, General Nutrition Centers (GNC), Nature’s Bounty (NBTY), Ajinomoto, Natrol, Cargill, DSM, Vitaquest International, Windmill Health Products, and others by aligning science, consumer insight, and operational and distribution execution to drive sustainable growth.
Beyond his professional accomplishments, David is deeply grounded in family. He has been married to his wife, Tracy, for 29 years, and credits her partnership, support, and perspective as foundational to his career and personal success. He is a proud father to Caleb Sackler (27), an attorney and Assistant District Attorney in New York, and Shayna Sackler (22), a senior majoring in Information Science and eSociety at the University of Arizona.
David is a proud alumnus of Syracuse University and serves on the International Board of Directors of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity, where he remains actively committed to mentorship, leadership development, and giving back.
