Kurt Geiger
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About
Entrepreneur and fashion designer who founded his namesake fashion accessories brand. He opened the first boutique on London's Bond Street in 1964. In February 2025, Steve Madden Ltd acquired the company.
Before fame
He studied medicine at the University of Vienna.
Trivia
He moved from Austria to Australia in 1938, where he leased a small shop and began to sell imported handbags. He bought an Australian shoe factory in 1951.
Family life
In 1938, he married Olga Trenschina. After her death, he married Irmgard Steinberg. He had three daughters.
Associated with
He fled Europe in the 1930s because of Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitism.
