Herbert Kohler, Jr.

Herbert Vollrath Kohler Jr. is a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin, and is the executive chairman of the Kohler Company, a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin, best known for its plumbing products.

• 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 $7 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.