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John B. Goodman, a Houston, Texas native is a multi-millionaire and polo player whose wealth originates in the family appliance and air conditioning businesses and became more widely known in the United States for his legal difficulties stemming from a manslaughter conviction in 2012. John Bailey Goodman was one of four children, born into a privileged Texas family, 18 September 1963.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-02-23/news/fl-goodman-wellington-fatal-crash-box-02220100223_1_polo-club-isla-carroll-open-polo-championship )〕 His father, Harold V. Goodman, amassed a fortune in air conditioning manufacturing and also raised race horses. From his Massachusetts boarding school, he attend a Delaware college. After attending Wesley College, Goodman came back home to Texas to help run the family business," wrote the Post's Randall Patterson in 1998. Upon returning home, Goodman worked for the family business in a variety of different positions, starting as its President of International Sales. He ultimately served as President and Chairman of Goodman Global Holding, Inc.〔(), additional text.〕 The company grew to become the largest privately held air conditioning and heating equipment manufacturer in the United States. The manufacturing company, a little-known but well positioned company, had been started in 1975 and run by Harold V. Goodman since its inception with precise acumen. It was launched by the elder Goodman based on his decades of experience as an air conditioning contractor and concentrated on making flexible ducts. John Goodman purchased Amana from Raytheon in 1997, then sold its microwave and appliance divisions to Maytag in 2001 for a reported $325 million. The son was given control of the company before his father's death in 1995. John Goodman sold the company in 2004 for approximately $1.43 billion. At the time, it was the second largest air conditioning manufacturer in the United States. He is reported to own interests in polo and golf clubs, but those are believed to be held in trusts for his children and Goodman has no management involvement or participation in them. ==Personal life== Goodman married Isla Carroll Reckling, whose family has ties to Exxon oil—she is a descendant of Frank Sterling and philanthropist Isla Carroll Sterling Turner --, in December 1986.〔 The couple, who have two children, became estranged and originally filed for divorce in 2005, but reconciled. The Goodmans' divorce was finalized in November 2008 after 22 years of marriage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John B. Goodman (industrialist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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