Karl Müller is a Swiss engineer

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

 and businessman. He is the creator of the Masai Barefoot Technology brand of rocker bottom shoe

Rocker bottom shoe

A rocker sole shoe or rocker bottom shoe is a shoe which has a thicker-than-normal sole with rounded heel. Such shoes ensure the wearer does not have flat footing along the proximal-distal axis of the foot. The shoes are generically known by a variety of names including round bottom shoes, round/ed...

s, and holds a patent on his design. Müller founded Swiss Masai (now known as Masai Marketing and Trading AG) in 1996 to market his new shoe concept. In 2006, 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.

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