Taylor Corporation

Taylor Corporation

Glen Taylor founded Taylor Corporation in 1975 by acquiring a small printing business in Mankato, Minnesota. The firm grew through acquisitions and organic expansion into one of the largest privately held printing and packaging companies in the US, with additional interests in manufacturing and real estate (per public record). Taylor Corporation's investment strategy centers on its core operating businesses — printing, packaging, and manufacturing — while extending into real estate through property holdings in Minnesota and other regions. The firm has also engaged in sports ownership: Taylor led a group that purchased the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1995 for $88M (per The New York Times, 1995). The office maintains a direct investment posture, typically not using external fund vehicles, and focuses on cash-flow-generating assets in industries where the family has operational expertise. Glen Taylor remains the sole named principal; his family later sold a controlling stake in the Timberwolves in 2021 to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez (per ESPN, 2021). The family office's team size and specific AUM are not publicly disclosed, and the firm operates with no public website or prominent recruitment footprint. No additional offices or philanthropic entities are widely reported. Taylor Corporation's structural differentiator is its direct nesting under its own operating conglomerate — the family office does not externalize fundraising or third-party asset management. This inward-oriented model, centered on a single Midwestern city, distinguishes it from more externally facing family offices that invest broadly across venture capital and private equity.