Masco
Masco manufactures a variety of home improvement and building products. The company's $5 billion plumbing segment, led by the Delta and Hansgrohe brands, sells faucets, showerheads, and other related plumbing fixtures and components. The roughly $3 billion decorative architectural segment primarily sells paints and other coatings under the Behr and Kilz brands, but it also sells builder hardware products.www.masco.com
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Oct 1, 2026
Paul W. SmithHOST
I, I don't know if I was traveling.
Paul W. SmithHOST
I don't know where I was, but I, I read in The Detroit News, Anne Snabes wrote this, that Richard Manoogian, the chairman emeritus of Livonia-based Masco Corporation and the donor of the Masco Cottage up at beautiful Grand Hotel, which we've had the pleasure and luck of staying at.
Paul W. SmithHOST
Richard Manoogian was an art collector, a philanthropist.
Paul W. SmithHOST
He died Friday, September 25th, at the age of 90.
Danielle MasonPANELIST
Wow.
Paul W. SmithHOST
And I had no idea, and I, I tell you, he spent over five decades at Masco, the global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of branded home improvement and building products.
Paul W. SmithHOST
Uh, he was the son of Masco's founder.
Paul W. SmithHOST
He was the architect of the company's dramatic growth, the company said in a press release.
Gary KaltbaumHOST
Oh, wait.
Gary KaltbaumHOST
I didn't mention economically sensitive names like United Rentals, Masco, Mohawk, Ingersoll Rand, Illinois Tool Works, DuPont, Dover, Albemarle, Allison Transmission, Parker Hannafin.
Gary KaltbaumHOST
They're getting hit hard.
Gary KaltbaumHOST
And what's the story? For me, surprisingly, another day yields.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
One of those we have lost.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
The chairman emeritus of the Masco Corporation, Richard Mnookian, passed away at the age of 90.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
And Jeff Donofrio, the president and CEO of Business Leaders for Michigan, is on our AT&T line right now to discuss the impact, the legacy, and his memories too.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
And I'm sorry about the circumstances, but thank you for being available.
Jeff DonofrioGUEST
The state really lost someone who was a philanthropist, a civic and community leader, a patron of the arts.
Jeff DonofrioGUEST
But, you know, started as really a first-generation immigrant family, where his father came over from Armenia, escaped the Armenian genocide, started a business here, and much like probably a lot of our listeners today, you know, worked hard and made a success of it.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
What were the origins of the Masco Corporation? What was the success of the Manoogian family?
Jeff DonofrioGUEST
Yeah.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
One of those we have lost.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
The chairman emeritus of the Masco Corporation, Richard Mnookian, passed away at the age of 90.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
And Jeff Donofrio, the president and CEO of Business Leaders for Michigan, is on our AT&T line right now to discuss the impact, the legacy, and his memories too.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
And I'm sorry about the circumstances, but thank you for being available.
Jeff DonofrioGUEST
The state really lost someone who was a philanthropist, a civic and community leader, a patron of the arts.
Jeff DonofrioGUEST
But, you know, started as really a first-generation immigrant family where his father came over from Armenia, escaped the Armenian genocide, started a business here, and much like probably a lot of our listeners today, you know, worked hard and made a success of it.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
What were the origins of the Masco Corporation? What was the success of the Manoogian family?
Jeff DonofrioGUEST
Yeah.
Mike LeeGUEST
businessman and a philanthropist of the first order in Metro Detroit.
Mike LeeGUEST
On Friday, Richard Mnookian, the longtime chairman of MASCO, the home products maker and longtime chair of the Detroit Institute of Arts Board of Directors, died at age 90.
Mike LeeGUEST
He led Masco for more than four decades, a period of just astonishing growth.
Mike LeeGUEST
They made more than 100 acquisitions of other companies, grew sales from a little over $50 million to nearly $12 billion.
Mike LeeGUEST
And, you know, they make Delta faucets, bare paint, and a host of other home improvement products.
Mike LeeGUEST
businessman and a philanthropist of the first order in Metro Detroit.
Mike LeeGUEST
On Friday, Richard Mnookian, the longtime chairman of MASCO, the home products maker and longtime chair of the Detroit Institute of Arts Board of Directors, died at age 90.
Mike LeeGUEST
He led Masco for more than four decades, a period of just astonishing growth.
Mike LeeGUEST
They made more than 100 acquisitions of other companies, grew sales from a little over $50 million to nearly $12 billion.
Mike LeeGUEST
And, you know, they make Delta faucets, bare paint, and a host of other home improvement products.