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Type | Private |
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Industry | Manufacturing |
Founded | July 1983[1] |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Tim Leatherman (Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder) Steve Berliner (Secretary/Treasurer and Co-Founder) Benjamin Rivera (President/CEO) |
Products | Multi-tools Folding knives |
Number of employees | 525[1] |
Website | leatherman |
Leatherman is an American brand of multitools and knives made by Leatherman Tool Group of Portland, Oregon. The company was founded in July 1983 by Timothy S. Leatherman and Steve Berliner in order to market his idea of a capable, easily portable hand tool with multiple functions. That same year Leatherman sold the first multitool, which was called the PST (Pocket Survival Tool).