Adidas was founded in 1924 in Germany by two bothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler. The company was first named Dassler shoes and later became Adidas.By the Dassler shoes being seen in the Olympics this really helped the company get it's name known. However, in 1948 Rudolf Dassler leaves to start his own company which is now known as Puma Shoe. Once Rudolf left his brother came up with the famous three stripes logo and changed the name to Adidas.
Adidas has worked with many famous people and has a signature Adidas shoe line for Stan Smith, Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady aka TMAC, Missy Elliot, and many others.