Phil Knight

Phil Knight

Born in Portland OR Former CEO of Nike

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Nike

• Co-founded by Phil Knight

• Located in Beaverton, Oregon

• Founded in 1971

• Has 26,700 employees

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Nike Finance

• Competitors include Adidas, sketchers, K-Swiss and Reebok.

• Stock Price is currently 55.05$ per Share

• Stock is up by 11.39% in the last year

Nike Products

• Shoes– They can be priced from anywhere to 30$ all

the way to 150$, shoes are their main selling product.

Nike Products

• Golf Equipment – They sell everything related to golf, golf balls,

golf bags, golf shoes, golf clubs– The most famous athlete they sponsor is

Tiger Woods who is a golfer.– Golf products in Nike are almost as famous as

the Nike Shoes.

Phil Knight and Nike Highlights

> Phil Knight co- founded Nike in 1971

> He used the great hobby of running for his inspiration to make Nike.

> He later became the CEO of Nike and greatly expanded the business to new products and across seas.

> Phil was great with communication to his other co-founders to create such a successful business today

Business

Phil Knight