6 Amazing Facts About Puma You Never Knew

Puma, that large American wildcat, which is also called a panther or a mountain lion, it is also a symbol for one of the biggest sports company in the world rivalling companies like Adidas, Nike, Kappa and a list of others yet there are some secrets the company has hidden from us, secrets you are about to find out

1 The founder of Puma, Rudolph Dassler is the younger brother of Adolf ‘Adi’ Dassler the founder of Adidas

2 The company was founded in 1948 meaning it is 69 years old

3 Rudolf first registered the company’s name as ‘Ruda’ before re-naming it ‘Puma

4 Puma’s products are distributed in over 120 countries worldwide

5 The year 1986 was a remarkable one for Puma because it was the year the company went public

6 Puma is not a stranger to sports celebrities having sponsored legendary athletes like Pele, Eusebio, Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyf, Lothar Mathaus not forgetting the current ones like the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, Olivier Giroud, Gianluigi Buffon, Sergio Aguero, Marco Reus, Yaya Toure to mention a few