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OutDoor founder Knut Jaeger dies aged 72

03/02/2015
OutDoor founder Knut Jaeger dies aged 72

Knut Jaeger, organiser of Asia Outdoor, has died of heart failure at the age of 72.

Mr Jaeger set up the Big Pack brand in 1976 and bought ski binding company Ess in 1982, developing a new ski binding system.

He was one of the founding members of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen and set up the Nanjing event in 2006.

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