Adolf Dassler was the founder of the company Adidas.
Adidas was transformed into a private limited company in 1989, but remained family property until its IPO in 1995
=== Split and rivalry with Puma ===The brothers split up in 1947 after relations between them had broken down, with Adolf forming a company formally registered as Adidas AG, from Adi Dassler, on 18 August 1949, and Rudolf forming a new firm that he called Ruda  from Rudolf Dassler, later rebranded Puma

