when was adidas founded

Adidas was founded on 18 August 1949 in Herzogenaurach, Germany, by Adolf "Adi" Dassler.

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• Founder: Adolf "Adi" Dassler.

• Official founding date of Adidas (as a company with this name): 18 August 1949.

• Place of founding: Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany.

Before that, Dassler had already been making sports shoes with his brother under the "Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory" since the 1920s, but Adidas as a brand starts from 1949.

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