Albert Riise further secured his business by sending his son Valdemar (1853-1914) to Denmark at the age of 9. Valdemar was later trained both as a pharmacist and in
agricultural institutions in Leipzig, Dresden and Paris.
In 1878 Valdemar was fully qualified to start work in the most well assorted pharmacyin West Indies. Like his father, Valdemar was greatly respected in the local community, member of the Colonial Advisisory Board, Churchwarden and Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Danish West Indian National Bank.