Nike’s Fast Track By John Merwin. Sunday, Oct. 25.This will be one fine day for Philip H. Knight, the 43-year-old cofounder and chairman of Nike Inc., the athletic-shoe company.

After Knight graduated from college in 1962, both he and Bowerman agreed to invest €1,080 into a relatively small project selling Japanese running shoes under the brand name Blue Ribbon Sports ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Phil Knight, who built Nike Inc. into the world's largest shoe maker while catapulting celebrity-athlete endorsements to new heights, has stepped down as president and chief ...

After Knight graduated from college in 1962, both he and Bowerman agreed to invest $ 1,200 into a relatively small project selling Japanese running shoes under the brand name Blue Ribbon Sports in ...

Nike Chairman Phil Knight, who turned a business selling shoes out of the back of his car into the world's most valuable sports brand, has announced plans to step down as company chairman.

He describes in amusing detail his courtship and eventual marriage to the former Penelope Parks of Portland, who became Penny Knight and, before and after marriage, a Blue Ribbon Sports employee ...

Nike Chairman Phil Knight, who turned a business selling shoes out of the back of his car into the world’s most valuable sports brand, has announced plans to step down as company chairman.

Economy; People; Phil Knight: introvert who built £24bn fortune on the back of a craze for jogging. Phil Knight, the former middle-distance runner who founded Nike with his athletics coach in ...

SHOES. ACCESSORIES. ART & COLLECTIBLES. BRANDS. ... and the man at the heart of it all is Phil Knight, who co-founded the company with Bill Bowerman in 1964, originally as Blue Ribbon Sports.

N ike co-founder Phil Knight, who built the iconic athletic gear brand from a small-scale shoe business, will step down as chairman next year, the company announced on Tuesday.. Knight, 77, has ...