- Herbert Hainer: Adidas AG
- Herbert Hainer
German sports clothing manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, Adidas AG is the exclusive manufacturer of uniforms for the National Basketball Association. As well as sports footwear, Adidas also makes: bags, eyewear, shirts, watches and other sports-related items. The company is Europe’s largest sportswear manufacturer and the second largest manufacturer of sportswear in the world. It started operations in 1949 and two years later purchased the “Three Stripes” from Karhu Sports.