BNET Industries
Market Cap:$1.2B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.1B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Harman International Industries, Incorporated engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of audio products and electronic systems worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Automotive, Consumer, and Professional. Automotive segment designs, manufactures, and markets audio, electronic, and infotainment systems for vehicle applications primarily to be installed as original equipment by automotive manufacturers. Its infotainment systems include voice activated telephone and climate control, navigation, rear seat entertainment, Internet access, hard disk recording, MP3 playback, windows media audio playback, and a high-end branded audio system. Consumer segment designs, manufactures, and markets audio, video, and electronic systems for home, computer, and multimedia applications. Professional segment designs, manufactures, and markets loudspeakers and electronics used by audio professionals in concert halls, stadiums, airports, and other buildings, as well as used for recording, broadcasting, cinema, and music reproduction applications. The company sells its products primarily through audio/video specialty and retail chain stores. Harman International Industries was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
CEODinesh C. Paliwal
Number of Employees 11,688
Contact Information
400 Atlantic Street
15th Floor
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
203-328-3500
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing: 334310
Recent Events
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Auto-Parts Sector Looks Less Scrappy
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Harman International And NETGEAR To Launch Co-Branded AVB Switches At InfoComm '09
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UPDATE 1-Baird cuts Johnson Controls, Gentex and Harman
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Harman International Unveils Blu-Ray Disc Player with BD-Live Interactivity
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Harman International Reaches Agreement with Lotus Engineering to Be Granted Exclusive Rights for Active Noise...
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Harman International Reports 3Q FY 2009 Results
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Harman International Reports Second Quarter FY 2009 Results,
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Harman International Reports Second Quarter FY 2009 Results, Quarterly Dividend
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Harman International to Support the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards
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Harman posts fiscal 2nd-quarter loss, cuts jobs
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Harman Consumer Audio To Move West
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Harman International Adds Execs
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Harman's Consumer Audio To Move West
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Harman International: Has David Einhorn's Thesis Already Played Out?
The Manual of Ideas submits: The research team of The Manual of Ideas recently profiled a new holding of David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital. The analysis follows: BUSINESS OVERVIEW by The Manual of Ideas
Harman International Industries Inc. F3Q09 (Qtr End 03/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. We will take our first question from the line of Chris Ceraso from Credit Suisse. Please go ahead. Chris Ceraso - Credit Suisse You are ahead of schedule on the cost savings. Is it because you've accelerated the plan that you've laid out, i.e., you'll...
Greenlight Capital Looks to Build on Lehman Short Success
Market Folly submits: In 2 separate 13G filings made with the SEC, David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital has disclosed: A 5.1% ownership stake in Harman HAR with 2,960,060 shares beneficially owned A 5.5% ownership stake in Jones Apparel JNY with 4,657,300 shares These are both brand new positions, as neither were...
Harman International Industries, Inc. F2Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Thank you. Operator Instructions And our first question comes from Chris Ceraso with Credit Suisse. Go ahead please. Chris Ceraso - Credit Suisse Thanks good evening. Dinesh Paliwal Hi, Chris. Chris Ceraso - Credit Suisse Okay. I have a couple of numbers questions and a couple...
Harman International Industries Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We go first to the line of Chris Ceraso from Credit Suisse. Please go ahead. Chris Ceraso - Credit Suisse Thanks, good afternoon. As I work through the operating profit by segment, it looks like other expense was a lot lower than normal....
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Harman International Drops to 5-Year Low
John C. Lee submits: On Thursday, August 14 after-hours, Harman International Industries, Inc. HAR reported Q4 net income of $31.7 million or $0.54 per share on $1.07 billion in revenue vs. $105 million or $1.58 per share a year ago, down 70% see earnings call transcript. Excluding...
Harman International Industries Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions That our first question will comes from the line of Chris Ceraso with Credit Suisse. Please go ahead. Chris Ceraso Thanks, good afternoon Dinesh. Dinesh Paliwal Hi, Chris, How are you? Chris Ceraso Well, thanks to you. Could I have a few items here first...
Board and Executive Compensation in S&P 500
Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: Executive compensation and board largess with high paid executives is a hot topic recently. That spurred us to look comprehensively at some factual comparative data on the total cost of boards of directors and top executive teams among the S&P 500 companies (proxy SPY...
Harman International Industries Inc. F3Q08 (Qtr End 03/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Chris Ceraso from Credit Suisse. Please go ahead. Chris Ceraso - Credit Suisse Thanks. Good afternoon. Dinesh Paliwal Hello Chris. Chris Ceraso - Credit Suisse I have a few items. First, can you tell us in dollar terms how much...
Harman International Industries, Incorporated Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
WASHINGTON -- Harman International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE:HAR) today declared a cash dividend of $.0125 cents per share for the third quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Dinesh C. Paliwal | CEO |
| Helmut Schinagel | Chief Technology Officer |
| Herbert K. Parker | Chief Financial Officer |
| John Stacey | Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer |
| Robert Hart | Chief IP Counsel |
| David Karch | Vice President, Operational Excellence |
| Edwin C. Summers | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Sidney Harman | Chairman Emeritus |
| Ann McLaughlin Korologos | Board of Directors |
| Brian F. Carroll | Board of Directors |
| Edward H. Meyer | Board of Directors |
| Gary Steel | Board of Directors |
| Harald Einsmann | Board of Directors |
| Kenneth M. Reiss | Board of Directors |
| Shirley M. Hufstedler | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ishof, Inc | CEO of Harman International Industries | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | CEO | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Chairman | Current |
| Ishof, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Embarq Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| ABB Ltd. | CEO | Former |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | President | Former |
| ABB Holdings Inc. | President | Former |
| ABB Ltd. | Group Executive Vice President & Head, Automation Technologies Division | Former |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Miami University | Master's Degree In Business Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Chief Technology Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Chief IP Counsel | Current |
| Conexant Systems, Inc. | Division IP Counsel | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Vice President, Operational Excellence | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Assistant Secretary | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harman-Becker Automotive Systems (Kentucky), Inc. | President | Current |
| Harman Becker Automotive Systems | Chairman | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Chairman Emeritus | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Director | Former |
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| Vulcan Materials Company | Director | Current |
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| Aspen Institute | Chairman | Former |
| Department of the Interior | Secretary | Former |
| Microsoft Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| Fannie Mae | Board of Directors | Former |
| The Labor Company | Secretary | Former |
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| Rockwood Holdings, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
Edward H. Meyer, is the Chairman, Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer of Ocean Road Advisors, Inc., an investment management company that directs the investment and related management activities of several leading New York City-based families. Ocean Road Advisors, Inc. manages a portfolio in excess of $750 million invested on behalf of numerous client entities in a broad range of investment strategies, including public and private equities, hedge funds, real estate, and venture capital. The Company also oversees the activities of several large and active philanthropic foundations. Mr. Meyer is the past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Grey Global Group, part of WPP, one of the world's largest communications services groups, from which he retired in 2006. Grey is involved in a large number of marketing communications businesses globally including consumer advertising, media planning and buying, direct marketing, healthcare marketing, public relations/public affairs, sales promotion, graphic design, corporate communications, sponsorship and event marketing, interactive communications, channel marketing and retailer advertising support and product branding. Its clients include some of the largest and most prominent corporations in the world, including Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, BAT, Diageo, Nokia, Volkswagen, BellSouth, Wyeth, Merck, Novartis and Con Agra. During his 35-year tenure as Chief Executive Officer of Grey, Mr. Meyer built the company from a mid-sized U.S. agency into a leader in global marketing communications with operations in 83 countries. Under his leadership, Grey's revenues soared by a factor of over 40 times, from $29.5 million in 1970 to more than $1.3 billion in 2003. Mr. Meyer has served as a Director of a number of public companies, and is currently on the boards of Harman International Industries and Ethan Allen Interiors Inc and is a trustee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the New York University Medical Center. Mr. Meyer is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Museum of Natural History and of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. A Cornell graduate with honors in economics, Mr. Meyer began his career at Bloomingdale's.
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| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | Trustee | Current |
| New York University Medical Center | Trustee | Current |
| Grey Global Group | CEO | Current |
| Bloomingdale's | Associate | Former |
| May Department Stores | Director | Former |
| Grey Global Group | Chairman | Former |
Born November 25, 1952 – Scottish citizen Education 1991 Bachelor of Commerce – University of Edinburgh, Scotland Professional experience ABB 2003 to date Head of Human Resources Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd., Switzerland Shell 2002 Human Resources Director, Group Finance, Netherlands 1999 – 2002 Director of Group Leadership Development in LEAP, Netherlands 1996 – 1999 Director of Leadership Development in LEAP, Netherlands 1995 – 1996 Head of Supply Chain Consultancy, Shell International, Netherlands 1992 – 1995 Senior Staff Planner for the Upstream Operations divisions, Shell International Petroleum, Netherlands 1990 – 1992 Group Human Resources, Director Health, Safety, Environment and Security, and Public Affairs, Colas Holding (Shell subsidiary) , United Kingdom 1986 – 1990 Personnel Manager, Shell Gabon 1985 – 1986 Head of Employee Relations Manufacturing, U.K. 1983 – 1985 Regional Personnel Relations Advisor, Shell U.K. 1981 – 1983 Employee Relations Advisor, Shell U.K.’s Teesport refinery 1979 – 1981 Assistant to the Group Personnel Director, V-Group Shipping Management, Monaco 1976 – 1979 Personnel Assistant, Shell Chemicals U.K. Memberships Council Member, British Swiss Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board Member of EMSHRM 2009 at Bocconi University, Italy Board memberships Non Executive Director, Harman International Industries, U.S. Chairman of the Board, ABB India Chairman of the Board, ABB Sweden
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ABB Ltd. | Executive Vice President, HR | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| ABB Ltd. | Head, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carlson Companies Inc. | Director | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
Kenneth M. Reiss spent his professional accounting career with Ernst & Young, LLP until he retired in June 2003. While at Ernst & Young he served as Managing Partner for the Assurance and Advisory Practice (AABS) for E&Y’s New York Office. He also served as the National Director of AABS for the Retail and Consumer Products Industry, National Director of the Media and Entertainment Practice, Chair of the firm’s Service Delivery Committee and Member of the Multi-National Partners Group. Ken also served as Coordinating Partner on significant global clients, including Staples, Inc., Toys “R” Us, Inc., Grey Global Group, Columbia Pictures and Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation. In this capacity as Coordinating Partner on global accounts, Ken has led teams of up to 100 partners and over 500 engagement personnel. He currently serves as a director and audit committee chairman of Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc and The Wet Seal, Inc. Mr. Reiss received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 from Bates College and an MBA from Rutgers School of Business in 1965.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Wet Seal, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| Assurance Ltd | Former | |
| Guitar Center, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Bates College | Bachelor of Arts Degree In Economics | Former |
| Seal.Com | member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
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