Gibson Guitar Corp. Company History

International Directory of Company Histories (Vol. 16, 1997) via company-histories.com. Graded secondary. Open the original.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI) owns Epiphone^[1]	1957–1969	Epiphone, Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI)	McCarty also led CMI to purchase rival Epiphone in 1957, giving Gibson greater control of the market.
Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) owns Epiphone^[1]	1986–now	Epiphone, Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	new owners took over in 1986, Henry Juszkiewicz and David Berryman, who bought the company for $5 million.

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Gibson Guitar Corp. Company Historygraded secondary
- McCarty also led CMI to purchase rival Epiphone in 1957, giving Gibson greater control of the market.Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI) owns Epiphone, 1957–1969
- new owners took over in 1986, Henry Juszkiewicz and David Berryman, who bought the company for $5 million.Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) owns Epiphone, 1986–now

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