EARLY YEARS
Phil Knight was born on February 24, 1938 and is now 81 of age. He was a natural magnet to businesses and was a co-founder to NIKE and now is the current chairman of NIKE. Phil Knight was born in Portland, Oregon to Bill Knight and Lota Knight. he grew up in a small neighborhood called Eastmoreland and attended the high school of Cleveland High and later attended the university of Oregon and became a sports reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald and earned a journalism degree in 1959. Knight was an athlete at the University of Oregon and won varsity letters from 1957 to 1959 in track. His personal best was 1 mile in 4 minutes and 10 seconds. He even founded an American running team called Athletics West. |
TODAY
Today Knight is highly respected as an extraordinary entrepreneur and a business icon and also as an iconic symbol in all sportswear among athletes. Knight has grown to great success and now is the proud chairman of NIKE, Inc. NIKE is recognized today all over the world and is the worlds largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel. Knights success story is one of the best. Today Knight is also the owner of a stop motion film production called Laika. |