HK Founder Sidney Harman Passes

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Sidney Harman, a co-founder of Harman Kardon and a pioneer in the HiFi audio and car audio industry died of leukemia Tuesday night at the age of 92.

Sidney Harman passes at 92Harman only learned of his illness a month ago.

To the audio and car audio industry he is known as a pioneer who helped launch the HiFi business. In 1953, he teamed with Bernard Kardon to launch Harman Kardon, which offered its first car radio that year: an FM tuner, said Wikipedia. HK is the main auto audio supplier for BMW, Land Rover, MINI, Mercedes-Benz, Saab, Harley Davidson and Subaru, says Wikipedia.

Harman continued to lead Harman Kardon and related companies although he sold the companies a couple of times, only to repurchase them. He passed the torch as head of Harman International in 2007 to Dinesh Paliwal, who became CEO. A full history is offered here.

Not one to slow down after 90, Harman also purchased Newsweek from The Washington Post last year and served as Executive Chairman of Newsweek.

Source: The Daily Beast, Wikipedia

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