Pioneering knowledge and true concern are our recipe for success.

The roots of our company lie in Vienna: in 1872, Bernhard Strakosch, son of a Jewish clothier family, founded his company for the “production of men’s and women’s shoes in nailed, through-sewn and goat-sewn designs”. The company flourished under his son Otto Strakosch. In his time, around 1900, he was known worldwide as the “king of shoemakers”: his ladies’ shoes, made of the finest silk, artistically embroidered, lined with leather, up to exquisite pumps, were delivered as far as the USA, Australia, South Africa and South America.

In 1994, the company was taken over by Stefan Stolitzka. Under his leadership, the children’s shoe brand superfit and the women’s shoe brand legero were developed internationally. In 2001, the world’s first shoe brand purely committed to sustainability, Think!, was integrated. In the last five years, the company has been consistently digitalised. Today, legero united offers its collections under the brands superfit, legero and Think! in over 40 countries and has an international presence as an owner-managed company with around 2,100 employees.