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The Passionate Few

Joe Foster - How I Founded REEBOK Shoes From $0 To $4 Billion!

The Passionate Few

OMAR ELATTAR

Education, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business

4.9602 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Enjoy this incredible interview w/ the founder of REEBOK shoes, Joe Foster! You'll learn all about how the #business was started, named & grew to compete with the likes of Nike, Adidas & puma to name a few. Pay attention to the very end because you'll learn all about how he took his passion for REEBOK from $0 To $1 Billion & beyond!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Joel Foster, co-founder of Reebok, with my brother.

0:03.0

We took it from a very small company up to a billion dollars,

0:07.1

and we're one of the passionate for you.

0:14.7

I did a lot of interviews, and I always enjoy them.

0:18.1

But this one with Omar has been great because it's searching and I hope

0:22.2

it brings out something that an entrepreneur wants to hear and wants to feel. And if it does that much,

0:30.1

then great. Hey guys. Welcome to this very special episode of The Passion of View. Today we have on

0:35.2

none other than Joe Foster. He's one of the founders of

0:38.3

Reebok that took it from zero, just an idea with his brother to a worldwide multi-billion dollar

0:42.7

brand that you've seen on some of the most elite athletes on the planet. And while the story

0:47.1

started decades ago, very few people have heard the full story in its entirety until recently.

0:52.5

As the new book, Shoemaker by Mr. Foster has just come out.

0:55.8

You guys got to check it out. And so I'm honored and privileged to have him on the show today

0:59.7

to share his incredible story of going from zero and breathing his passion for Reebok into reality.

1:04.7

Thanks so much for being on the show today, Joe.

1:07.0

Thank you for the invitation, Omar. It's a pleasure. It really is. I'm looking forward to this.

1:11.6

Likewise, likewise. And I want to get into it. Just for the sake of context, you started the company of Reebok when you were about, I believe you and your brother were about 23, 25 years old, correct?

1:23.6

Spot on, absolutely. Yes, women were totally young and indestructible.

1:30.7

So take me back.

1:32.3

Before you built it to where it is now, and I believe today what revenues in the billions,

1:37.0

right, I think just between $4 and $5 billion in revenue as of current.

1:40.8

And I believe when you left the company, if I'm not mistaken, it was in the late 80s, early 90s,

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