Marmon Group

Marmon Group
Marmon Group
Type Private
Industry Electrical Components, Transportation Equipment, Services Construction & Industrial Components, Retail Solutions
Founded United States (1953 (1953), as Colson Corporation)
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois,
Key people Frank Ptak (CEO)
Owner(s) Berkshire Hathaway (60%)
Pritzker family (40%)
Employees more than 20,000 people [1]
Website www.marmon.com

Marmon Group is a United States holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Marmon Group owns companies that produce electrical components, industrial components and transportation equipment, and provide services including construction and retail solutions.

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History

In 1953 Jay Pritzker and Robert Pritzker acquired Colson Corporation. The name of the company was changed to Marmon Group in 1964 after the acquisition of Marmon-Herrington. [2] Major acquisitions by Marmon Group included Cerro Corporation in 1976 and TransUnion in 1981. In 2007 the Pritzker family sold a 60 percent interest in Marmon Group to Berkshire Hathaway[3].

Selected subsidiaries

References

  1. ^ Marmon Group:About Us
  2. ^ Marmon Group:History
  3. ^ Bajaj, Vikas (December 26, 2007). "Rapidly, Buffett Secures a Deal for $4.5 Billion". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26deal.html. Retrieved July 21, 2009. 

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