Herbert Vollrath Kohler Jr., an American billionaire businessman, a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin, and the executive chairman of the Kohler Company, a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin, best known for its plumbing products has died.
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He died Sept. 3 at age 83.
Kohler Jr. was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin, and the executive chairman of the Kohler Company, a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin, best known for its plumbing products.
During his 43-year span as CEO, he transformed his family-owned company into a world leader, with more than 40,000 employees and dozens of manufacturing facilities on six continents.
Herbert Kohler Jr. age
Herbert was born on February 20, 1939 and died on Sept. 3 at age 83.
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Herbert Kohler Jr. height
Herbert is of average geight. He is 1.73m tall.
Herbert Kohler Jr. parents
Kohler was born February 20, 1939 to Ruth Miriam DeYoung Kohler (1906–1953) and Herbert Vollrath Kohler Sr. (1891–1968), who ran the Kohler Company from 1937 until his death.
Herbert Kohler Jr. wife
Herbert married twice.
Firstly, to Kohler married Linda Karger (m.1961) but the couple divorced in the early 1980s. They had three children; K. David Kohler, Laura Elizabeth Kohler and Rachel DeYoung Kohler.
Linda, Kohler’s first wife was born in 1939 and died in 2005, at age 66.
Kohler’s s second wife was Natalie Black, a Stanford University graduate who joined Kohler in 1985 as a lawyer, rising to general counsel and senior vice president of communications.
She is now head of the Kohler Foundation.
Herbert Kohler Jr. children
Kohler is survived by; K. David Kohler, Laura Elizabeth Kohler and Rachel DeYoung Kohler.
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