https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-know-that-most-people-don%E2%80%99t/answer/Narayanan-Puthillam?srid=4ETZ

Lalasticlala, Mynd44


Do you know these gentlemen?

They are Adolf 'Adi' Dassler and Rudolf Dassler. Two brothers who together formed the Dassler Brothers Sports Shoe Company in the 1920s, operating out of their mother's laundry in the small German town of Herzogenaurach. But that's not what they are really known for.

Adolf was the introverted craftsman and designer while Rudolf was the extroverted salesman. Business boomed during the WW2, after the 1936 Olympics, where Jesse Owens wore the Dassler Brothers Shoe and won four gold medals. But as they say, success always comes at a cost. The success in the business meant more tension to the already strained relationship of the brothers’. They lived in the same villa despite the fact that their wives didn't get along.

While no one is sure what caused the riff, it's said to be a result of miscommunication. After an Allied bomb attack, Adolf and his wife took cover in a bomb shelter already occupied by Rudolf and his family. "The dirty bastards are back again," Adolf said, apparently referring to the planes, but Rudolf thought the comment was an attack against his family.

Finally, in the mid-1940s Rudolf left in a huff and set up a rival shop across the river, while Adi remained in the initial plant. His company was renamed Adidas, and in 1948 Rudolf registered his new company, Puma.

https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-know-that-most-people-don%E2%80%99t/answer/Narayanan-Puthillam?srid=4ETZ

Interesting