Puma® is a large German sports manufacturer, founded by Rudolf Dassler, brother of Adidas founder Adolf Dassler. Puma is known internationally for its football / soccer shoes, and sportswear. Many international football / soccer stars are sponsored by Puma, such as Pele, Diego Maradona, Enzo Francescoli, Lothar Matthaus and many others.

In 1968 Puma began its influx into the United States making suede basketball shoes. Since then Puma has become the third largest brand worldwide. Nike is number one and Adidas, is the number two sports manufacturer.

Puma now owns 25 percent of Logo Athletic, an American sports brand. Since its inception Puma has gone from making international football shoes to American football, baseball, basketball, motocross, rugby, and golf. Puma designs are for women as well. A wide variety of athletic, everyday shoes and clothing are available.

Puma brand sport shoes are distributed worldwide by retail locations in London, Rome, Tokyo, Milan, Boston, Frankfurt, Seattle, Melbourne e, to wholesalers, and a large e-commerce site. A consumer can design his or her own style sport shoes.

Puma brands lead the international football industry. Puma brands have won dozens of Olympic Medals, Wimbledon, World Series Cup’s, Championship American Football games and much more. Puma not only holds sponsorship contracts with Italian football League, Swedish Athletic Association, but also signed up with Ducati and Re Bull Motor Sports to become the official motor sport brand of MotoGP and all four of Red Bulls racing ventures, Red Bull Air, Red Bull NASCAR, Red Bull Racing, and Scuderia Torro Rosso.

Puma has extended its corporation to the South Korean market as well taking on ventures in Africa with the sponsorship of Namibian Football Association. Puma also has plans to enters it’s own PUMA boat into the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race and has a line of merchandise for the offshore ocean race starting in Spain in 2008 and ending in the Baltic in 2009.