1863
Siegfried Bettmann, founder of the Triumph Motorcycle Company and Mayor of Coventry (died 1955)
Siegfried Bettmann, founder of the Triumph Motorcycle Company and Mayor of Coventry (died 1955)
Siegfried Bettmann
German industrialist bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer
- Born
- 1863
Siegfried Bettmann was a bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer and founder of the Triumph Motorcycle Company. In 1914 he established the Annie Bettmann Foundation to help young people start businesses. Triumph became one of the most famous motorcycle trade-names in the world. Bettmann was also Mayor of Coventry from 1913 to 1914.