Answer the following Q with stream of consciousness. Context: Bernina International AG is a privately owned international manufacturer of sewing and embroidery systems. The company was founded in 1893 in Steckborn, Switzerland, by a Swiss inventor Fritz Gegauf. The company develops, manufactures, and sells goods and services for the textile market, primarily household sewing-related products in the fields of embroidery, quilting, home textiles, garment sewing, and crafting. The origins of the company lie in the invention of the hemstitch sewing machine, invented in 1893 by a Swiss inventor and entrepreneur Karl Friedrich Gegauf. Currently, the company's products include sewing machines, embroidery machines, serger / overlocker machines, and computer software for embroidery design.

Question: who was the founding father of the bernina sewing machine?
To answer the question, consider the following: The company was founded in 1893 in Steckborn, Switzerland, by a Swiss inventor Fritz Gegauf. Therefore, the final answer is Fritz Gegauf.