Samsonite Samsonite Samsonite International S.A. () is a luggage manufacturer and retailer, with products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. The company was founded in Denver, Colorado, United States. Its registered office is in Luxembourg and it is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company was founded in Denver, Colorado, on March 10, 1910 by Blackhawk, Colorado-born luggage salesman Jesse Shwayder (1882–1970) as the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company. A religious man, Shwayder named one of his initial cases Samson, after the Biblical strongman, and began using the trademark "Samsonite" in 1941 for its tapered vulcanized
Away (luggage) book, "The Places We Return To", which featured travel stories from 40 people around the world, including artists, influencers and editors. Korey and Rubio sold the book with a gift card to purchase the company's first product, "The Carry-On", which became available to ship in February 2016. In September 2016, the company raised an additional $8.5 million in Series A funding for expansion. In its first fiscal year (2016), the company sold US$12 million in luggage. The next year, Away had grown to 66 employees and projected more than $50 million in sales. The company raised $20 million in Series