Carl Josef Otto Elsener (also known as Carl Elsener Jr. or Carl Elsener IV) (born July 1958) is a
Swiss
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entrepreneur and, since 2007, CEO of
Victorinox
Victorinox () is a knife manufacturer and watchmaker based in the town of Ibach, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It is well known for its Swiss Army knives. The Swiss Army knives made by Victorinox are made of a proprietary blend stee ...
AG, a family-owned company that employed 2,000 people worldwide in 2015.
Life
Carl Elsener Jr. is the great-grandson of
Karl Elsener Karl or Carl Elsener may refer to:
*Karl Elsener (footballer) (1934–2010), Swiss football goalkeeper
*Karl Elsener (inventor)
Karl Elsener (9 October 1860 - 26 December 1918) was a Swiss cutler, inventor and entrepreneur.
Karl Elsener completed ...
(1860–1918) and the son of
Carl Elsener Sr. (1922–2013). Karl Elsener had opened a factory in
Ibach in 1884 for the production of knives and
surgical instruments, from which the Messerfabrik Victorinox developed.
In October 2000, Elsener founded together with his father and his brother Eduard Elsener as a successor solution, the , to ensure the survival and further prosperity of the family business. The foundation holds 75 percent of the shares of Victorinox AG, another 15 percent belongs to the non-profit . The Elsener family owns 10 percent of the shares.
Since 2007, Elsener has led the company as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Awards
*2011 SwissAward, Business category
References
External links
Official website Victorinox
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Victorinox
Swiss businesspeople
1958 births
Living people