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Industrialist, Businessman
Born Timothy Stephen Leatherman
American businessman
Born on June 7, 1948 in Portland, Oregon , United States (76 years)
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Timothy S. Leatherman is the founder and Shareholder of Leatherman Tool Group, Inc..
... Timothy S. Leatherman is the founder and Shareholder of Leatherman Tool Group, Inc..
Biography
Leatherman graduated from Oregon State University in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. According to an article in The Oregonian, "Leatherman came up with the idea of a 'Boy Scout knife with pliers' during a 1975 driving tour of Europe with his wife, when he was unable to use his pocket knife to fix his repeatedly malfunctioning car." It took him several months afterwards to refine his idea, and he was granted a patent on the first Leatherman tool in 1980. Leatherman spent the next few years attempting to market his product to large companies with technical staff, such as AT&T, but this was largely unsuccessful. The tool eventually gained popularity through mail order catalogues.
See also
List of Oregon State University alumni
References
... Timothy S. Leatherman is the founder and Shareholder of Leatherman Tool Group, Inc..
Biography
Leatherman graduated from Oregon State University in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. According to an article in The Oregonian, "Leatherman came up with the idea of a 'Boy Scout knife with pliers' during a 1975 driving tour of Europe with his wife, when he was unable to use his pocket knife to fix his repeatedly malfunctioning car." It took him several months afterwards to refine his idea, and he was granted a patent on the first Leatherman tool in 1980. Leatherman spent the next few years attempting to market his product to large companies with technical staff, such as AT&T, but this was largely unsuccessful. The tool eventually gained popularity through mail order catalogues.
See also
List of Oregon State University alumni
References
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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