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title: "Harman International Industries: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: ", commonly known as Harman, is an American audio electronics company. Since 2017, the company has been operating as an independent subsidiary of Samsung Electronics."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-harman-international-industries
type: Organization
wikidata: Q1585599
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International
website: https://www.harman.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Harman International Industries

> , commonly known as Harman, is an American audio electronics company. Since 2017, the company has been operating as an independent subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1980-01-01
- Headquarters: Stamford
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.harman.com/
- Employees: 11,246
- Also known as: Harman, Harman International
- Industries: electronics

## Key people

- Sidney Harman, founder (American businessman (1918–2011))
- Dinesh Paliwal, chief executive (Indian American business executive and former CEO of Harman International)

## Ownership

Parent: [Samsung Electronics](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics.md)
Subsidiaries: AKG Acoustics, JBL, Harman Kardon, Mark Levinson, Harman Becker Automotive Systems, AMX LLC, Crown International, Dbx, Inc., Martin Professional, Harman (China), Harman International (United Kingdom)

## Products

- audio equipment

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Harman International Industries, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-harman-international-industries#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585599, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International

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