US-based private equity firm Berkshire Partners LLC has invested in Masai Group International, the distributor of shoes under the Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) brand, to help accelerate and support the next phase of the company’s growth. Current shareholders Klaus Heidegger, a former world-class skier and past owner of Kiehl’s, and Hermann Oberschneider, an Austrian sports and tourism entrepreneur, have retained a majority stake in the company.

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