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Adolf Dassler

1900 - 1978

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Adolf "Adi" Dassler (3 November 1900 – 6 September 1978) was a German cobbler, inventor, member of the Nazi Party, and businessman who founded sportswear giant Adidas. He was also the younger brother of Rudolf Dassler, founder of Puma. Dassler was an innovator in sports shoe design and one of the early promoters who obtained endorsements from athletes to drive sales of his products. From his concepts, he created Adidas, which had 17 factories and annual sales of one billion Deutschmarks at the time of his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Dassler is the 48th most popular businessperson (down from 29th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Germany (down from 276th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Businessperson.

Adolf Dassler is most famous for founding the company Adidas.

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Among businesspeople, Adolf Dassler ranks 48 out of 847. Before him are Frank Williams, Carlos Slim, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Philip Kotler, David Rockefeller, and Melinda Gates. After him are João Havelange, Joan Gamper, J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Aga Khan IV, and Levi Strauss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Adolf Dassler ranks 25. Before him are Eyvind Johnson, Giorgos Seferis, Adlai Stevenson II, Margaret Mitchell, Vasily Chuikov, and Urho Kekkonen. After him are Jacques Prévert, Maria of Yugoslavia, Sándor Márai, Richard Kuhn, Ragnar Granit, and Alfred Newman. Among people deceased in 1978, Adolf Dassler ranks 15. Before him are Jacques Brel, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Shaw, Harry Martinson, and Ramón Mercader. After him are Vincent du Vigneaud, Jack L. Warner, Anastas Mikoyan, Ricardo Zamora, Umberto Nobile, and Margaret Mead.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Dassler ranks 371 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), August von Mackensen (1849), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Thomas Müntzer (1489), and Hermann Müller (1876). After him are Sophie Scholl (1921), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Emil Kraepelin (1856), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Franz Halder (1884), and George Paget Thomson (1892).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Adolf Dassler ranks 4. Before him are Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), Ludwig Erhard (1897), and Bertha Benz (1849). After him are Levi Strauss (1829), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Otto Frank (1889), Robert Bosch (1861), Jakob Fugger (1459), Henri Nestlé (1814), Paul Reuter (1816), and Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777).

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