Full Name Hanni Toosbuy Spouse(s) Birte Toosbuy Children Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak | Nationality Danish Died 8 June 2004 Organization founded ECCO | |
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Born 23 February 1928 ( 1928-02-23 ) Holte, Denmark Known for Owner and founder of ECCO | ||
Karl-Heinz Werner Toosbuy (23 February 1928 – 8 June 2004) was a Danish businessman, the founder and owner of ECCO, the Danish shoe company.
Karl Toosbuy trained as a shoemaker and by his early 30s, was running a Copenhagen factory. In 1963, he moved with his wife Birte and daughter Hanni to Bredebro on the west coast of Denmark, just north of the German border. Toosbuy started ECCO in what had been an empty factory.
He died on 8 June 2004.
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