Asian Geographic

Fila

- FOUNDER: GIANSEVERO FILA

While Fila was establishe­d in Biella, Italy, in 1911, it was sold to the USA in 2003. However, in 2007, it was acquired by Gene Yoon of Seoul, South Korea. Fila originally made clothes for people on the Italian Alps, but now manufactur­e fashion and sportswear for a global audience and officially sponsor the Korean baseball club Doosan Bears.

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