Name
Herbert Kohler, Jr.
Herbert Kohler, Jr.
Kohler, Wisconsin
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale University
United States
Kohler Co.
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plumbing fixtures
$7,300,000,000
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#200 Billionaires 2019
#60 Forbes 400 2018
Herbert Kohler Jr. is the executive chairman of Kohler, the Wisconsin-based plumbing fixture manufacturer that bears his family's name. He stepped down as CEO in 2015 after running the company for 43 years but remains chairman. His son David is the CEO.Herb Kohler's grandfather founded the company in 1873 to manufacture hitching posts and farm tools. The company pulls in $6 billion in revenues from selling furniture, tile, engines and generators and the toilets and faucets that it's best known for.The Kohler company owns two golf resorts in Kohler, Wisc., plus the Old Course Hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Herbert Kohler breeds Morgan show horses on farms in Kentucky and Wisconsin.Kohler's Whistling Straits golf course on Lake Michigan will host the 2020 Ryder Cup.
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