Sidney Harman

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Sidney Harman (born August 4, 1918 in Montreal , Canada , † April 12, 2011 in Washington, DC ) was an American entrepreneur ( Harman International Industries ). Since August 2010, he has owned and edited Newsweek magazine .

Life

Harman grew up in New York City and graduated from the City College of New York with a degree in physics in 1939 . He worked for the David Bogen company , which manufactured large loudspeakers. He made friends with Bernard Kardon , the chief engineer. Both quit in 1953 and founded Harman / Kardon for $ 5,000 each . They designed a compact radio for young buyers, the Receiver Festival D 1000 . In 1956, Bernard Kardon left the company.

In 1958 Harman presented the first stereo radio (Festival TA230) . He became a pioneer in the high fidelity industry.

In 1962 he merged his company with the Jerrold Corporation des Milton Jerrold Shapp , was pushed out of the company by this, but was later able to buy it back. In the late 1960s he worked with Dolby Laboratories .

In 1977 he sold his company to Beatrice Foods for $ 100 million ; after a few years he bought it back. Harman, a member of the Democratic Party , was struck in 1977 for a short time a political career and was President Jimmy Carter Deputy Secretary of Commerce (Under Secretary of Commerce) . He held this post until 1978.

In August 2010, Harman acquired Newsweek magazine from the Washington Post for allegedly one US dollar.

Harman was in 1980 with Jane Harman married (* 1945), which as a Democratic Representative from 1993 California the United States House of Representatives belonged. He had two children with her.

In 2003 Harman was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Story of Harman Kardon . Harman Kardon, queried on September 13, 2010 (information about the entrepreneur).
  2. ^ Statement from the Family of Sidney Harman . In: The Daily Beast.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  3. ^ Blake Ellis: Washington Post sells Newsweek to stereo mogul . CNN money, August 2, 2010, accessed September 13, 2010.
  4. ↑ Sarah Freishtat: Newsweek, Washington Jewish Week in new hands . ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. JTA, August 3, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jta.org
  5. ↑ Jane Harman Papers, 1960-1998 (ongoing) (bulk 1993-1998) . In: Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections. Mellon Foundation, accessed on September 13, 2010 (information on Jane Harman).

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SURNAME Harman, Sidney
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 4, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 2011
Place of death Washington, DC