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The company was founded by Ignaz Schwinn (1860–1948) in Chicago in 1895. [2] [3] and became the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles. Schwinn first declared bankruptcy in 1992 and was restructured, in 2001 Schwinn again declared bankruptcy and was purchased by Pacific Cycle, now owned by the Dutch conglomerate, Pon Holdings. [4]
Ignaz Schwinn (April 1, 1860 – August 31, 1948) was a German-American bicycle designer, who co-founded, and eventually owned, the Schwinn Bicycle Company. He was born in the town of Hardheim , Grand Duchy of Baden , in 1860.
During Schwinn's tenure at Shiva, the company had the leading share in its markets and provided outstanding returns to its investors, reaching a $2.6 billion market capitalization. [2] [3] Schwinn founded Avidyne Corporation in 1995 to bring sophisticated electronic instrumentation to general aviation aircraft. He currently flies a TBM850 and a ...
The company was originally founded as Hanlon Manufacturing Company by Daniel Hanlon during early 1993 in Burnsville, Minnesota, United States. [1] The company secured the rights of motorcycle names previously used by the former Excelsior-Henderson company, that was owned by Ignatz Schwinn of the Schwinn company.
The company was operated by Richard Schwinn, [1] formerly of Schwinn Bicycle Company, and business partner Marc Muller. Schwinn (great-grandson of Ignaz Schwinn, who founded Schwinn Co. in 1896) was vice president of production for Schwinn Co., and Muller worked for Schwinn as a designer of the company's hand-crafted Paramount racing bikes.
Ignaz Schwinn, founder of the Schwinn Bicycle Company; Richard Warren Sears, founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company; John G. Shedd, Chairman of Marshall Field & Company, philanthropist, founder of the Shedd Aquarium; Milton Sills, actor "The Heart Bandit", "The Hawk's Nest", "The Sea Wolf" Edwin Silverman, co-founder of Essaness Theatres [11]
CEO of Verizon Media Guru Gowrappan speaks onstage during The 2020 MAKERS Conference at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown in February 2020.
Schwinn Sting-Ray, Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-933201-88-5. LCCN 97-25442 "Coverage of the John T. Bill warehouse opening of March 3, 1963, showing the first factory built High Rise bicycle 'Huffy Penguin '". Bicycle Journal, April 1963.