This has mostly been covered in previous posts, but, this is what it says on this website:
https://sixstringacoustic.com/the-hi...taylor-guitars
"The Early History Of Taylor Guitars
The company was originally started in El Cajon, California and was owned by Sam Radding and named American Dream, a guitar making shop. In 1972 they hired a young 18 year old by the name of Bob Taylor. Taylor worked for American dream for 2 years before Radding decided to sell his business.
Taylor along with two other co-employees, Steve Schemmer and Kurt Listug, decided to buy the business and called it Westland Music Company. They began to design and produce their own style of guitars.
The new owners decided that Westland Music Company was too long of a name and logo to put on the head of their guitars. At first considering Listug as their new brand, they reconsidered and decided that Taylor would be a more suitable name for the American guitar market.
As the new partners settled into business Listug took control of the company’s business responsibilities while Taylor focused on guitar design, innovations and production.
In 1976 the company expanded from a simple guitar making shop into retail stores and began their growth path that has today grown to a worldwide name brand with two state of the art factories and over 900 employees that produce hundreds of top line guitars every day."
There is more history on that website.