Nike co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman formed the company with a simple handshake at a Portland hotel. They didn't reduce the partnership to writing for six months. The Knight Files ...

Phil Knight has an impressive résumé. The Nike founder started the company with his former University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman in 1964. Knight has since become among the top 30 ...

Phil Knight's 51-year tenure ... for both the company and the entrepreneur. Knight started the company with former Oregon track and field coach Bill Bowerman back in 1964 with both agreeing ...

Phil Knight announced ... The 77-year-old Knight founded the company, then known as Blue Ribbon Sorts, in 1964, along with University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman. Knight had ran in ...

Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman shook hands in a room at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, now the Hotel Eastlund, in 1964 and formed the partnership that eventually became Nike, a $30.6 billion company.

On some days Phil Knight opens up ... itself at a major crossroads. Knight has ceded the reins to Bill Perez, the former CEO of consumer-goods company S.C. Johnson, just as Nike's growth seems ...

Phil Knight ... retiring next year at the age of 77. Knight has been running the company for over 50 years after founding it along with field coach Bill Bowerman in 1964, selling the first ...

he gives his account of squabbles with Bill Bowerman, Bill Dellinger and Nike co-founder Phil Knight. It's fascinating stuff, especially considering Bay's interest in track as a sport and his ...

Bill Bowerman (1911-1999 ... After taking lessons from the local shoemaker, Bowerman began cobbling custom-made shoes for his runners including half-miler Phil Knight, who was one of the first ...

Nike founder Phil Knight ... the sale is completed. Knight was born in Portland and attended the University of Oregon. He co-founded Nike with Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman in 1964 and the ...