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Thor Industries, Inc. is an American manufacturer of recreational vehicles (RVs). The company sells towable and motorized RVs through its subsidiaries brands including Airstream , Heartland RV , Jayco , Livin Lite RV , and others.
Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson (born 19 March 1967), known as Björgólfur Thor, also known internationally as Thor Bjorgolfsson, and colloquially in Iceland as Bjöggi, [1] [2] [3] is an Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur. He is also chairman and founder of Novator Partners.
Jayco was acquired by Thor Industries in July 2016 for $576 million. Jayco, Inc. rebranded to the Jayco Family of Companies in 2021 to better encapsulate the four divisions – Jayco, Entegra Coach , Highland Ridge RV and Starcraft RV.
He started his career at Bankers Trust, and later worked for Gould Electronics. [7]In 1980, together with Wade F. B. Thompson, he co-founded Thor Industries, an American manufacturer of recreational vehicles and mid-sized commercial buses.
Heartland RV was founded in December 2003 by a group of RV industry veterans led by Brian Brady, formerly President and CEO of Damon Corp. [1] The company started production in March 2004 with a 5th wheel under the Landmark brand name which was introduced in December 2004 at the Louisville Show. [2]
Cable thus founded Thorlabs, named after his black Labrador retriever, Thor, in a spare bedroom in Freehold, New Jersey. [8] Sales during the company's first year amounted to $370,000, according to Cable. Bell Labs was among its first customers. [9] According to company figures, sales topped $10 million for the first time in 1997. [10]
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Sitt picked the name Thor for the company because he was an avid Thor comic book fan and thought it would fit his "concept of being the protector of the cities." [1] His first investment was a property sold at tax auction on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, a chronically underserved retail area, where he built a one-story retail structure with money from "family, friends, roommates, parents ...