This is Nike's co-founder, Phil Knight. Today, Knight is a #billionaire at the helm of the world's No. 1 athletic-shoe company. How did he get his start? With a $500 investment from his former track coach. Knight took that money and began selling shoes from the trunk of his car, and he didn't stop hustling until he transformed Nike into the $91 billion company that it is today. What could you do with $500? 🤔

HAPPY 83rd BIRTHDAY to PHIL KNIGHT!! 2/24/21 Born Philip Hampson Knight, American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., and was previously chairman and CEO of the company. As of July 23, 2020, Knight was ranked by Forbes as the 26th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$39.2 billion. He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika.

The Nike co-founder's book, "Shoe Dog," will cover the early years of his iconic sports company

Phil Knight cofounder of NIKE! Phil Knight Along with Bowerman, Knight helped launch Nike and turn it into one of the highest grossing sportswear brands of all time during his 50-year leadership term. Today Knight is worth an estimated $21.6 billion.

Phil Knight and Dan Wieden

Phil Knight was a talented middle-distance runner from Portland, who enrolled at Oregon in the fall of 1955 and competed for Bowerman’s track program. Upon graduating from Oregon, Knight earned his MBA in finance from Stanford University, where he wrote a paper that proposed quality running shoes could be manufactured in Japan that would compete with more established German brands. But his letters to manufacturers in Japan and Asia went unanswered, so Knight took a chance. He made a…

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Knight's book 'SHOE DOG' also releases as a memoir of the early Nike days.