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## At a Glance Industry: Construction Founded: 1873 Country: United States CEO: Herbert V Kohler Jr CFO: Jeffrey P Cheney Website: www.kohler.com Employees: 30,000 2 Fiscal Year End: Dec 31, 2012 Sales: $5 B 2 Headquarters: Kohler, WI 

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# Kohler
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# $5 B As of December 2013



## Profile Kohler was founded in 1873 when John Michael Kohler purchased the Sheboygan Union Iron & Steel Foundry. The firm originally produced cast iron implements for farmers, castings for furniture factories, and ornamentaliron pieces. Kohler also owns two golf resorts: Destination Kohler, also known as the American Club in Kohler, Wisconsin, and Destination St. Andrews in Scotland, also known as the Old [...] more


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