Karl Müller (inventor)
Karl Müller (2010)
Karl Müller (born 1952 in Roggwil TG) is a Swiss engineer and businessman. He is the creator of the Masai Barefoot Technology brand of rocker bottom shoes,[1] and holds a patent on his design.[2] Müller founded Swiss Masai (now known as Masai Marketing and Trading AG) in 1996 to market his new shoe concept.[3] In 2007, he left the company on amicable terms and went on to found kybun Corporation in order to market a newer "walk-on-air" shoe concept.[4]
References
- ↑ Grimes, William (4 July 2004). "The Masai Anti-Cellulite Plan" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ↑ US 6341432
- ↑ "MBT Antishoe - Company Information".
- ↑ "MBT vs. kyBoot".
External links
- The Science of Running Barefoot - in Shoes, The Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2005
- Cloaking Cellulite, Time Magazine, July 4, 2004
- Karl Müller im Interview, Cash TV Schweizer Fernsehen 2, 22. März 2009
- MBT-Erfinder verkauft sein Geschäft, Schweizer Fernsehen, 13. Oktober 2006
- Der Schuhmacher aus Roggwil, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10. September 2005
- Karl Müller und MBT, Bilanz das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin, 28. Juni 2005
- Patent of Karl Müller's invention, July 3, 1998
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