 After he left government in 1978, he created Harman International Industries and reacquired a number of businesses he sold to Beatrice.The company continued its growth plan with a string of acquisitions throughout the 1980s that pushed Harman International's sales from about $80 million in 1981 to more than $200 million by 1986, and then to more than $500 million by 1989.Harman International went public in 1986 with a stock offering on the New York Stock Exchange.