About Herbert Kohler Jr.
Herbert Vollrath Kohler Jr. was an American billionaire businessman, a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin, and the executive chairman of the Kohler Company, a manufacturing and hospitality company in Kohler, Wisconsin, best known for its plumbing products, golf courses, and resorts, with the latter two fields of business directly entered into under his chairmanship. Before his death, Forbes estimated the net worth of him and his family at US$8.8 billion. The building was named after Herbert Kohler, who donated the $20 million required to build it. He was awarded a bachelor's degree in industrial administration in 1965 by Yale University.
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