1. Phil Knight
By
Ayanda Ntombela

2. Knight’s Background
 Born in Oregon
 Graduate of University of Oregon
 Ran track for four years
 Went to Stanford grad. School of
business

3. The Start
 Distribution deal in Kobe, Japan for Tiger
running shoes after college
 Teamed up with former track coach Bill
Bowerman to create Blue Ribbon Sports
(1964)
 Sold sneakers out of mini van at track meets
 Made $3,240 in its first year

4. Nike Accomplishments
 Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike
Corp.(1996)
 Hit $6.5 billion (with a $550 million in
income)
 One of the biggest shoe/clothing
companies in the world

5. Small Downfall
 Knight was named a corporate crook in Michael
Moore’s book Down Size This
 The book exploited the harsh labor in the Nike
sweatshops in Indonesia
 Knight made sure there were better regulations in
this factories.

6. Nike Endorsements
 Michael Jordan : Biggest endorsement
 Tiger Woods (Golf)
 Kobe Bryant (Basketball)
 Derrick Jeter (Baseball)
 Michael Vick (Football)

7. Retirement
 Knight retired as Nike’s CEO in November
2004
 He retained his position as chairman of the
board
 Only owns 20% of company now
 Knight became Forbes
24th richest American in
2009

8. Citations
 Background Information:
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1997/ja
nfeb/articles/knight.html
-
www.nikebiz.com/company_overview/.../phil_knight.
html
- Driven From Within: Michael Jordan autobiography
- Downsize This! : Michael Moore