privately held company industry private equity founded 1976 founder sam fox headquarters st. louis united states key people jeff fox ceo gregory fox president 1 revenue us 1.3 billion 2015 2 total assets 47.4 billion 2015 owner sam fox sole owner website 1 harbour group industries is an american privately owned diversified investment corporation headquartered in st. louis . the company was founded in 1976 and is invested heavily in north american companies involved in several diverse sectors including auto accessories plastic processing equipment music and entertainment . until 2007 founder and former ceo sam fox controlled harbour group but he resigned his position to assume his role as the united states ambassador to belgium . 3 the firm was founded in 1976 by sam fox it is one of the largest privately owned companies in the u.s. with estimated annual revenue of more than 1.3 billion . 4 its operating companies make and distribute products in multiple industries including flow and energy measurement boiler systems professional diagnostic and repair tools specialty led systems niche distribution logistics services decorative kitchen and bath hardware abrasives diamond cutting products and related tools entertainment and music products and auxiliary plastic processing equipment . since its founding in 1976 harbour group has acquired and grown 181 companies each worth between 30 and 500 million 5 on dates of acquisition in 38 different industries . see also edit sam fox references edit http www.bizjournals.com stlouis print edition 2012 07 13 harbour seeks 650 million has 242.html page all http www.bizjournals.com stlouis news 2015 12 09 harbour group buys pennsylvania manufacturer.html https books.google.com books id blrnaaaamaaj & q fox sam metal % d1 % 81 % d0 % be . exec ; b. desloge mo. . may 9 1929 ; s. max and fanney % 28gold % 29 f. ; % d0 % 92 . s. in bus . adminstm . with honors washington u. st. louis . 1947 51 ; m. marilyn r. widman oct. 25 1953 ; children % e2 % 80 % 94 cheryl ann . pamila sue . & dq fox sam metal % d1 % 81 % d0 % be . exec ; b. desloge mo. . may 9 1929 ; s. max and fanney % 28gold % 29 f. ; % d0 % 92 . s. in bus . adminstm . with honors washington u. st. louis . 1947 51 ; m. marilyn r. widman oct. 25 1953 ; children % e2 % 80 % 94 cheryl ann . pamila sue . & hl en & sa x & ei irypvj 1oseagwsrzokadw & ved 0cb8q6aewaa http www.bizjournals.com stlouis print edition 2013 03 29 top 150 harbour group.html http www.harbourgroup.com overview criteria.html external links edit yahoo business profile official website current company portfolio this missouri related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title harbour group industries & oldid 743638266 categories companies based in st. louismissouri stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 14 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view