Theodor Tobler

Theodor Tobler (24 January 1876 – 4 May 1941) was a Swiss chocolatier and businessman, best known as the creator, along with Emil Baumann, of the Swiss chocolate brand Toblerone.

Early life Tobler was born on 24 January 1876 in Bern to Johann Jakob Tobler (1830–1905), a confectioner from Lutzenberg, a town in Appenzell Ausserrhoden near the Austrian border, and Adeline Lorenz Tobler (née Baumann). He attended school in Bern from 1885 to 1892, but left without graduating. After receiving a commercial education in Geneva and Venice, Tobler entered his father's business in 1894. In 1900, the company was handed over to Tobler by his father.

Career In 1908, Tobler and his cousin Emil Baumann, the company's production manager, created the Toblerone chocolate bar, The brand was trademarked the same year at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, becoming the first patented milk chocolate made with almonds and honey. predecessor of the present-day , which advocates Switzerland's full entry into the European Union.