Georges Salomon

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Georges Salomon (born November 18, 1925 - October 5, 2010 in Annecy ) was a French entrepreneur and inventor .

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In 1947, together with his father, he founded a company to manufacture parts for the ski industry, today's sporting goods company Salomon . He is credited with the invention of modern safety ski bindings in 1957, which from then on quickly replaced the previous technology of rope binding. At the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1966 in Portillo , Chile , the new development of the automatic binding system, which automatically removes the ski boot from the ski in the event of a fall , caused a sensation. In the 1970s his company became the leading ski company with over a million ski bindings sold each year.

After difficult times for the company in the 1990s, he sold his company with 2000 employees to Adidas in 1997 and resigned from the management.

Georges Salomon was married and had three sons. He died on October 5, 2010, at his lakeside home in Annecy, France, and was buried in Annecy on October 8, 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georges Salomon, Legendary Equipment Manufacturer at skiinghistory.org, accessed November 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Ski: mort de Georges Salomon, fondateur de la marque et inventeur des fixations at lemonde.fr, accessed on November 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ Le Monde article, October 6, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Salomon, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French entrepreneur and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1925
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 2010
Place of death Annecy