Carl Franz Bally

Carl Franz Bally ( born October 24, 1821 in Schönenwerd; † August 15, 1899 in Basel) was a Swiss businessman. He founded the Bally shoe factory.

Bally was the son of Austrian immigrant Peter Bally. He had thirteen siblings: ten brothers and three sisters. Two brothers and a sister died young. On September 3, 1846 Bally married from Aarau derived Cecilia Rychner. They had two sons, Edward Bally (1847-1926) and Arthur Bally (1849-1912), who joined the company after completing your training.

Shortly before the death of Peter Bally, the company's family was divided. Carl Franz Bally and his brother Fritz got the braces and Elastique fabrication " Bally & Co " in Schönenwerd. 1851, Carl Franz and his brother Fritz, the company Bally, after he had on a trip to Paris with the idea that a rating based on mass-produced footwear production in Switzerland could have potential. Fritz Bally rose in 1854 from the company.

Carl Franz Bally was a tireless founder of the company. Although his shoes for bad fit and because they seemed clunky initially sold poorly, and he could pay his employees only irregularly and too late, he remained true to his vision. It was the opportunity to export its fabricated shoes to South America, where they found buyers for planters and colonists in 1857 improved the economic situation of the company. After a study tour of his son Edward to the U.S. production in 1870 was consistently converted to machine work and the shoes that were known now for their quality and elegance, were sold in a globally present branch network.

Carl Franz Bally, the other production sites in Switzerland, built next to Schönenwerd and the shift and Sunday work was introduced, politically active and instrumental in the fact that patent law was introduced in Switzerland. He died on August 15, 1899 after a long illness, leaving a shoe empire that has driven the industrialization of Switzerland.