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Herbert Kohler, Plumbing Mogul Who Created a Golf Mecca, Dies at 83

The billionaire chief of a family company known for its bathtubs, toilets and faucets, he brought championship play to a tiny Wisconsin town.

Herbert V. Kohler Jr. in 2001. By the time he retired as chief executive in, his family business had annual sales of around $6 billion.Credit...John Saller

Herbert V. Kohler Jr., who built a century-old family business known for bathtubs, toilets and faucets into a multibillion-dollar global enterprise and turned a tiny company town into an unlikely stop for the world’s top golfers, died on Sept.