Ultimate fact you want to know

1.Mercedes – Name of the daughter of the founder. 2. Nokia – Name of city in Finland. 3. Pepsi – Named from the digestive enzyme pepsin. 4. Honda – From the name of its founder Soichiro Honda. 5. Sony – from the Latin word ‘sonus’ meaning sound. 6. Maggi – Food company named after its founder,Julius Maggi. 7. Suzuki – From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki. 8. Samsung – Meaning ‘three stars’ in Korea. 9. Toyota – From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda. 10. Yamaha – After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company. 11. Adidas – From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler (das). 12. Apple – For the favorite fruit of co- founder Steve Jobs. 13. BMW – Bayerische Motoren Werke, (Bavarian Motor Works). 14. Coca-Cola – derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring. Coca-Cola creator John S. Pemberton changed the ‘K’ of kola to ‘C’ to make the name look better

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