MIKE LANIGAN

Co-Owner of the LANCO
Group of Companies, based in Chicago, IL

Mike Lanigan began his career with Mi-Jack Products in 1973, when he was sent to Indianapolis to establish a new Mi-Jack construction equipment division.

After a successful eight years building the division into the Midwest’s leading aerial lift equipment distributor with facilities throughout middle America, he returned to Chicago as executive vice president.

In 1989, Lanigan accepted the position of president of Mi-Jack. During his tenure, Mike and brothers Jack, Bill and Dan have solidified their core business by entrenching Mi-Jack as America’s premier mobile gantry crane manufacturer and the nation’s leading supplier of intermodal lift equipment.

In addition, Lanigan has successfully launched Mi-Jack into the international business arena through ventures in Central and South America. He resides in New Lenox, Ill., with his wife, Mary Kay, and has five grown children.