Karl Müller (inventor)

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Karl Müller (born 1952) is a Swiss engineer and businessman. He is the creator of the Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) brand of rocker bottom shoes,^[1] and he holds a patent on the design.^[2]

Karl Müller
Müller in 2010
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Roggwil, Thurgau, Switzerland
Known for	Masai Barefoot Technology

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 to market a newer "walk-on-air" shoe concept.^[4]