Vans Logo — Vans is a brand of shoes skate California created in 1966 by Paul Van Doren. Already in 1970 the creator Paul Van Doren goes into stiff competition from the shoes to create professional models for Vans basketball, baseball and even wrestling. In 1983 several of its models achieved a great acceptance in the market, but the offer was very comprehensive and Vans began to founder. Paul Van Doren Vans develops a reorganization and takes over as chief administrator. Proposes that if in three years no debt rises $ 12 million will have to cut costs of all kinds. In 1985 Vans achieved alleviate that debt after paying all its creditors.
In 1988, the original owners sold Vans to McCown DeLeeuw Co., an investment firm. With new blood and a major financial effort Vans expands and increases its presence worldwide, even to appear on the NASDAQ in 1991. More