goods founded biella italy 1911 ; 105 years ago 1911 headquarters seoul south korea area served worldwide key people yoon soo yoon chairman & ceo global leading brands house holdings & fila korea ltd. young chan cho president of global leading brands house holdings cfo of fila u.s.a. inc. jon epstein president of fila u.s.a. inc. 1 lee dong shik director of fila sport products athletic shoes clothing accessories parent fila korea website www.fila.com fila inc. is an italian south korean sporting goods company . it was founded in 1911 in italy and is one of the world s largest sportswear manufacturing companies . since a takeover in 2007 by fila korea fila is now owned and operated from south korea . headed by chairman and ceo yoon soo yoon fila has offices in 11 countries worldwide . contents 1 history 2 clothing 2.1 women 2.2 kids 2.3 shoes 3 branding 4 past and present sponsorships 5 spokesperson 6 in popular culture 7 see also 8 references history edit fila was created in biella piedmont by the fila brothers in 1909 . it originally started by making clothing for the people of the italian alps now manufacturing sportswear for men women kids and athletes . the company s primary product was originally underwear before moving into sportswear in the 1970s initially with the endorsement of tennis player bj rn borg . the brand got more popular after moving into sportswear . the original italian ownership shop holding di partecipazioni sold the company to us hedge fund cerberus capital management in 2003 after the company over committed itself to expensive athletic endorsements at a time when margins were under pressure . cerberus owned fila through holding company sports brands international which owned and operated all fila businesses around the world with the exception of fila korea which was a separate company operating the brand under licence . in january 2007 the global fila brand and all its international subsidiaries were acquired by fila korea from sbi which made it the largest south korean sportswear company . fila korea currently holds all of the rights to the worldwide use of footwear and clothing brands of the parent firm . in 2009 anta sports acquired the rights to use the brand in china the company full prospect from belle international fila korea still owned 15 % shares of the joint venture company full prospect . 2 on may 2011 fila korea ltd. acquired global golf equipment maker acushnet company becoming the new owner of leading golf brands such as titleist for 1.23 billion . 3 4 clothing edit a fila store . women edit the women s fila line of sportswear includes clothing for such sports as tennis running cross training golf swimming and fila s own line of vintage clothing . kids edit fila has everyday footwear for children of all ages from infants to youth . shoes edit fila has a range of different sneakers and trainers but some are rarer to find than others . for example the foggia hi ltd range is a popular high top trainer that is hard to acquire in some countries . branding edit the corporate logo of fila features the company name using snakelike letters . 5 past and present sponsorships edit these include grant hill jerry stackhouse chris webber john isner sam querrey 6 juan sebastian veron john barnes boris becker bj rn borg korean olympic committee daejeon samsung fire bluefangs incheon korean air jumbos south korean men s national sepaktakraw team 7 sk telecom t1 park tae hwan son yeon jae jenny shin 8 australian cricket team ava futebol clube since 2013 2014 west ham united f.c. 1999 2003 bournemouth f.c. 2013 15 farnborough f.c. morecambe f.c. since 2014 notts county f.c. luton town f.c. mohun bagan a.c. oldham athletic a.f.c. rochdale a.f.c 2012 2015 stevenage f.c. deportivo quito mark philippoussis jelena dokic jennifer capriati janko tipsarevi jelena jankovi kim clijsters andreas seppi reinhold messner fiorentina 1997 2000 dusty hern ndez harrison riddick bowe philippine centennial team philippine volcanoes miss world philippines 2013 kolossos rhodes b.c. aek b.c. panathinaikos v.c. virender sehwag 2012 2015 tina maze spokesperson edit robert smith hurricane chris diamond nas 9 percee p big bang korean pop group beast korean pop group 2ne1 korean pop group jung il woo 2012 f w collection 10 infinite korean pop group 11 son yeon jae b1a4 korean pop group 12 kim soo hyun 13 in popular culture edit the brand fila was heavily featured in the 1986 film soul man . ben horne was wearing a fila tracksuit in the 16 episode of second season of twin peaks . the brand fila was heavily featured throughout the entire run of hbo crime series the sopranos . the fila logo is presented in the super famicom video games super final match tennis 14 and dream basketball dunk & hoop . the fila store is one of the drop off points in the video game crazy taxi . fila decathlon 2002 is a european exclusive title published by thq for the game boy advance . fila world tour tennis 2002 was released for the xbox and windows while fila tennis champions 2003 was released for the windows . toji suzahara from neon genesis evangelion wears a track jacket with the word fila stitched on the front . fila clothing was also very popular in the 1980s rap scene today often called old school hip hop . examples are the song do the fila by steady b put your fila s on by schoolly d or even a whole group labeled fila fresh crew . also the cover of just ice s first album makes use of fila signs . on the other hand in their 1989 song the sounds of science the beastie boys exhorted listeners to rock my adidas ; never rock fila . 15 however in a dramatic reversal five years later mike d tried to mount a fila revival only to encounter considerable resistance citation needed step into the party with the fila fresh gear people looking at me like i was david koresh here the scoop ill communication 1994 . in you got ta fight for your right to party by the same mike d wears a fila t shirt throughout . lisa left eye lopes raps a line about fila shoes in the group tlcs song no scrubs t boz and all my senoritas are steppin on your filas but you don t hear me though luke wilson in the royal tenebaums is seen wearing fila tennis apparel throughout the film most notably the headband . zach galifianakis in the hangover ii is seen wearing a white fila tennis vest in the scene that takes place in his bedroom . see also edit italy portal korea portal company portal excludes articles found in category sporting goods manufacturers of italy . sergio tacchini references edit executive bios at fila.com . fila.com . retrieved 9 july 2011 . discloseable transactions proposed acquisition of full prospect limited and fila marketing hong kong limited pdf . anta . hong kong stock exchange . 12 august 2009 . retrieved 29 march 2011 . fila korea buys titleist for global expansion . yonhap news . 2011 05 21 . retrieved 2011 09 20 . thomas denny ; robert macmillan 2011 05 20 . fila korea buys titleist golf company for 1.2 billion . reuter . retrieved 2011 09 20 . fila logo design history and evolution . famouslogos.net . retrieved 30 august 2013 . fila sponsored sam querrey defeats world no. 1 novak djokovic at wimbledon . footwearnews . july 2 2016 . retrieved july 4 2016 . . tpbs . retrieved 8 august 2014 . thai jenny shin . integration.filabrandcenter.com . retrieved 20 may 2016 . nas to open sneaker store in las vegas . the source . ho stewart 9 september 2012 . jung il woo braves the outdoors for fila sport . enewsworld . cj e & m. retrieved 11 december 2012 . infinite the new faces of fila korea . dramafever . 2 january 2013 . b1a4 chosen as the new faces of fila . allkpop . 2 december 2014 . kim soo hyun laid back suave in fila commercial . kpopherald . 5 march 2015 . fila logo super final match tennis at gamefaqs benjamin brad 2007 03 07 . sounds of science . paul s boutique samples and references list . retrieved 2008 03 14 . wikimedia commons has media related to fila company . v t e 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