Puma

  • Puma is founded by Rudi Dassler in 1948 after he and his brother Adi Dassler split
  • Puma makes its first soccer shoe, the Puma Atom in 1948
  • Armin Hary wins the 100m sprint at the 1960 Rome Olympics wearing Puma spikes
  • Quarterback Joe Namath helps the New York Jets win Super Bowl III in 1969 wearing Puma shoes
  • Pelé wins the 1970 World Cup in Mexico wearing Puma King shoes
  • Puma signs basketball player Walt (Clyde) Frazier in 1970
  • Rudi Dassler dies in 1974 and his son Armin Dassler takes over the company
  • Armin Dassler invents the Puma Duoflex sole in 1982
  • In 1989 Rudi's sons sell Puma to the Cosa Lievermann Group who later sell it to the Aritmas Group of Sweden
  • Jochen Zeitz was appointed as the CEO of Puma in 1993 and is still the CEO today
 



Original Puma Logo

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Jochen Zeitz