Personal Life
Harman maintains a residence in Venice, Los Angeles, California, and was married to the late Sidney Harman, who was Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce during the Carter administration.
Harman had previously sold his company, Harman Kardon, to Beatrice Foods for $100 million. In 1980 Sidney Harman bought the company back from Beatrice for only $55 million, rebuilt it into Harman International Industries and managed it personally until the age of 88. Asked about possible conflict of interest, Sidney Harman said: "We’ve been married for over 30 years. I’ve never told her how to run the government and she’s never told me how to run the business. That’s absolutely fundamental to us."
Her first marriage was to Richard Frank, in 1969, and she had two children with him, and two with Sidney Harman.
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