Herb Kohler Jr., business icon and golf-course developer, dies at age 83. By Ryan Herrington. ... Herb Sr., in 1968, Kohler Jr. took over as CEO and added the president's title in 1974.

Herb Kohler, Jr., the former head of his family’s namesake global plumbing empire, died Saturday at the age of 83. He was the third generation Kohler to helm the Wisconsin company, serving as ...