Did Jacuzzi Make A Swimming Pool?...Spa & Hot Tub

by Penny
(Wisconsin)

Did Jacuzzi ever make a swimming pool? I can't find anything online, but I'm being told that my pool was made by Jacuzzi. Did someone buy them out?

Thanks,

Penny

Thanks for your question Penny

To the best of my knowledge the real business of Jacuzzi hot tubs, as we know them today, started around 1948. There were seven brothers (last name Jacuzzi) who immigrated from Italy to Amercia back around 1900.

About 1948 a brother had a son who was injured and in pain. The only time he could find relief for his son was in the hospital's whirlpool. The brother, Candido, didn't want to wait in between visits for his son, so he used his knowledge of motors and the "whirlpool" effect and made his own kind of whirlpool, and he named it a "Jacuzzi".

They started to mass-market these after their popularity grew. Jack Benny and Suzanne Somers were spokespeople for Jacuzzi, back in the day.

They have not, to the best of my knowledge, constructed any pools, per se, but there might be some off-shoots of the name.

http://www.tropicalswimmingpools.com

Jacuzzi has expanded their business to include all kinds of hot tub, spa, and swimming pool parts and accessories.

In October 2006, Apollo Management bought out Jacuzzi Brands for about $990 million.

Hope this answers your question

Robert