John M. Harbert
Male, Deceased Person
1921 – 1995
Who was John M. Harbert?
John Murdoch Harbert III was an American businessman. He is best known for building his international construction company, Harbert Corporation, into one of the worlds largest, along with creating a personal wealth of well over $1.7 billion. Harbert lived with his wife Marguerite in the wealthy Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Mountain Brook.
John is also the older brother of late Birmingham businessman Bill L. Harbert, who was a co-founder of Harbert Corp. and who headed up the company's international operations. In 1993 Harbert Corp. sold its international construction division to Bill. Today the company's former international construction division is known as B.L. Harbert International and is run by Bill's son Billy.
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- Born
- Jul 19, 1921
United States of America - Also known as
- John Harbert
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Education
- Auburn University
- Lived in
- Mississippi
- Birmingham
- Died
- Mar 31, 1995
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on July 23, 2013
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