Background
Jeffrey S. Lorberbaum is the son of Shirley and Alan Lorberbaum, Jewish migrants to the South from New York City.
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Jeffrey S. Lorberbaum is the son of Shirley and Alan Lorberbaum, Jewish migrants to the South from New York City.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Denver.
Jeffrey joined the family business, carpet and rug manufacturer Aladdin Mills, in 1976, after graduating from the University of Denver. Lorberbaum held a number of leadership positions, eventually serving as Vice President of Operations from 1986 to 1994. In 1994, Aladdin merged with Mohawk Industries - creating one of the largest flooring manufacturer in the United States - and his father became Mohawk’s majority shareholder and joined its Board of Directors.
In 1994, Lorberbaum became president of Mohawk.
And, in 2001, he became Chief Executive Officer. Since then he has grown the company to $5.8 billion in revenues (2012) partly through acquisitions that expanded the scope of the company into hard surface flooring (ceramic tile, laminate, hard wood) and provided access to new geographies. In 2002, Lorberbaum orchestrated the $1.8 billion purchase of Dal-Tile of Dallas making Mohawk the world’s largest tile-maker.
In 2005, Mohawk purchased Unilin, a Belgium-based maker of laminate flooring and Magyar Demokrata Forum (Hungarian Democratic Forum) board (a composite used in do-it-yourself furniture) for $2.6 billion.
