People Named Famous Brands and some well-known companies have been around for almost a century. Despite this, few people know who the company’s first employee was, particularly the founder. They are the ones who deserve praise for their efforts.
We love fascinating history here at CloudNewsFeed and this collection is no exception.
1. Barbie
At some point in your life, you may have owned a Barbie doll one of the World’s Biggest Brands. Few people are familiar with Mattel, the corporation that manufactures the doll. Ruth Handler is the woman behind the Barbie doll, which was named after her daughter, Barbara Millicent Roberts. After witnessing her daughter and friends playing with other dolls, as a result, she came up with the idea for the doll.
2. Lipton
If you prefer iced tea and you’ve probably heard of the Lipton brand. Thomas Johnston Lipton, meanwhile who owned a tea business in 1887, was the company’s founder.
3. Mercedes
Emil Jellinek and Karl Benz founded Mercedes-Benz. The company’s “Mercedes” division was named after Jellinek’s daughter.
4. Nike Air Jordan
Nike, a well-known brand and inspired by a young Michael Jordan to collaborate on a new line of sneakers. The series would be known as “Air Jordan,” and its first pair, designed specifically for basketball players, would be released in 1984. It wasn’t easy to publicize them, however.
Basketball players were required to wear only white shoes on the court at that time. Nike, on the other hand, agreed to pay the $5,000 punishment each time Jordan wore them in a game. This strategy worked, and the first $50,000 pairs were quickly sold out. The sneakers continued to arrive after that.
Fun fact: the “jump man” logo, which would appear later, was inspired by a photograph of Jordan.
5. Lacoste
René Lacoste is one of the most famous tennis players of all time and one of the People Named of Famous Brands. He is so huge that he got the nickname “the crocodile,” and he liked it so much that he had a friend embroider a crocodile on one of his white jackets. With that, history was written.
6. Adidas
Adi Dassler began his career in his mother’s washroom in Germany, with the goal of providing athletes with the greatest equipment available. As a result, he established “Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik” in 1924.
Therefore in 1954, when Germany and Hungary fought head-to-head and Germany won while wearing Dassler’s equipment, the brand skyrocketed. As a result, the brand received so much attention that it evolved into what we know it as today.
7. Aston Martin
In a modest workshop in London, the two guys with a passion for vehicles founded Aston Martin in 1913. Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford took their passion for cars to the next level by designing and manufacturing their own vehicles.
The history of Aston Martin however as we know it today is intriguing. In one of the cars they had built, so Lionel Martin competed in and won the “Aston Clinton Hill Climb.” As a result, his surname, “Martin,” was added to the name of the race he won, giving them a brand name.
8. Ben & Jerry’s
Ben & Jerry’s, above all, was a well-known ice cream company, was founded in 1978 by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. It all began at a modest gas station in Burlington, Vermont, and that they converted into a business. To make their fantasy a reality, the couple put up as much as $12,000.
Slowly but steadily, moreover, they began to produce more ice cream and deliver it to various restaurant chains. The first dedicated shop was established in Shelburne, Vermont, in 1981, due to high demand. The rest, as they say, is history.
9. IKEA
IKEA was founded by Ingvar Kamprad. On the other, he began by selling matches, one of the most commonly used home goods, and for a low price. From there, he was free to let his imagination run wild.
After that, he took the initials of his name, the first letter of the farm he grew up on, Elmtaryd, and the first letter of the town he grew up in, Agunnaryd, and most importantly create the company’s name, which is an abbreviation.
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