Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand, with origins tracing back to Karl Benz's Benz & Cie. (1883) and Gottlieb Daimler's Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (1890); the modern Daimler-Benz company was formed in 1926. Headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, under the Mercedes-Benz Group, the company supports education and youth development through several philanthropic initiatives, including the beVisioneers Fellowship — a global program supporting young innovators working on environmental sustainability — and regional scholarship programs such as the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Scholarship for Alabama students, administered through its manufacturing subsidiary in Tuscaloosa.