Masimo selling Sound United to Harman (and effectively Samsung)

[mmeysarosh]

Masimo to Sell Consumer Audio Business to HARMAN International

IRVINE, Calif.—May 6, 2025—Masimo Corporation (Nasdaq: MASI), a leading global medical innovator, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Sound United consumer audio business to HARMAN International (“HARMAN”), a...

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Sale includes Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics. Masimo had purchased the brands for one billion dollars and now selling them for $350 million.

 

[Beave]

Threads discussing this already exist. I have asked the moderators to merge this with an existing thread.

 

[Chrispy]

Been posted a few times now....

 

[RickS]

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Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal

Not sure that this has been posted yet, but… https://www.forbes.com/sites/marksparrow/2025/05/06/harman-to-acquire-bw-denon-polk-and-marantz-from-masimo-in-350-million-deal/ Harman doubling up with B&W? It’s like the speaker company equivalent of Felix and Oscar sharing an apartment :-)

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