Victor William Kliesrath (May 27, 1880 – December 21, 1939) was vice president of Bendix Corporation, motorboat racer, and the inventor of the Bragg-Kliesrath brake with Caleb Bragg.
They sold the company to Bendix Corporation in the late 1920s.
[1] Kliesrath was born on May 27, 1880, to Jacob Kliesrath and Ida Baumbach.
In speedboat racing, Kliesrath won the APBA Challenge Cup race multiple times – first in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1930 and then in Lake Montauk, New York, in 1931.
[2] He died on December 21, 1939, at his home in Flower Hill, New York, after a long battle with an illness.