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In 1988, Whirlpool bought a 53% stake in the large-appliance division of Philips N.V., creating a joint venture called Whirlpool International. The purchase made Whirlpool the world's largest manufacturer of major appliances, with annual sales of approximately $6 billion.
Whirlpool owns Seeger Refrigerator, Maytag, KitchenAid, Indesit, and Hefei Rongshida Sanyo. The company began when Lou Upton sold washing machines to Sears in 1908.
Today, Whirlpool Corporation owns the Jenn-Air, Maytag, Amana, Roper, and KitchenAid brands. Electrolux brand appliances have been making housework easier for more than a century. Established in Sweden, the Electrolux company currently owns Frigidaire, Tappan, Kelvinator and Gibson appliance brands.
Whirlpool is owned by Whirlpool Corporation, which means no other company owns them. As a public company, Whirlpool Corporation’s shares are traded freely; and that means that we get to know exactly who is behind them.
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading kitchen and laundry appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home and inspiring generations with our brands.
Who Owns Whirlpool? Whirlpool is a publicly traded company, which means that it is owned by a large number of shareholders who have purchased stock in the company. As of 2024, the largest shareholder of Whirlpool is BlackRock, which owns just over 10% of the company’s outstanding shares.
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading kitchen and laundry appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home and inspiring generations with our brands.
See the company profile for Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) including business summary, industry/sector information, number of employees, business summary, corporate governance, key executives and ...
Travel through the history of Whirlpool Corporation Over 110 years of improving life at home through innovation, community support and environmental sustainability.
The company also focused on the development of an automatic, spinner-type washer during the 1940s. This machine, nicknamed the "Jeep," was introduced by Sears in 1947 under that company's Kenmore brand name, and then under Nineteen Hundred's own newly introduced Whirlpool brand one year later.