Sidney Harman

Sidney Harman (* August 4, 1918 in Montreal, Canada, † April 12, 2011 in Washington, DC) was an American entrepreneur ( Harman International Industries ). Since August 2010, he was the owner and editor of Newsweek magazine.

Life

Harman grew up in New York City in 1939 and made his degree in physics at the City College of New York. He worked for the company David Arch, the Great speaker produced. He became friends with Bernard Kardon, the chief engineer. Both announced in 1953 and founded with 5000 dollars, Harman / Kardon. They designed a compact radio for a young consumer base, the receiver Festival D 1000. 1956 was Bernard Kardon retired, 1958, Harman, the first stereo radio before (Festival TA230 ). He was a pioneer of high-fidelity industry. In 1962 he merged his company with the Jerrold Corporation of Milton Jerrold Shapp, was pushed through this from the company, but it could buy back later. In the late 1960s, he worked with the Dolby Laboratories.

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

In August 2010, Harman bought Newsweek magazine from the Washington Post for allegedly one U.S. dollar.

Harman had been 1980mit Jane Harman ( b. 1945 ) who married belonged as a Democratic Representative from California the House of Representatives of the United States. With her he had two children.

Works

  • Mind Your Own Business, Currency / Doubleday, New York 2003, ISBN 0-385-50959-6
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