Phil Knight
1938 – ? American entrepreneur, Nike co-founder
Co-founder of Nike.
- Religion
- Not publicly documented.
- Affiliations
- Co-founded Nike; a major donor to the University of Oregon and Stanford and to cancer research.
Philip Hampson Knight co-founded the shoe company that became Nike with his former track coach Bill Bowerman in the 1960s. He built it into the world's largest athletic brand. He has given billions to universities and medical research.
In the timeline
- 1964 Founding of Nike mentioned
- 1971 Nike is named for the Greek goddess of victory mentioned