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	Phil Knight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Philip H. Knight (born February 24, 1938) is the co-founder and former CEO of Nike, Inc. and the majority shareholder in Will Vinton Studios, which was renamed Laika Entertainment House in 2005.
		Knight is also known for his monetary support of the University of Oregon, where he received his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1959.
		Knight stepped down as the company's CEO and President on December 28, 2004, while retaining the position of chairman of the board.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phil_Knight (253 words)

	Phil Knight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Philip Knight (born February 24, 1938) is the founder and former CEO of Nike, Inc. and the majority shareholder in Will Vinton Studios.
		Knight's 35% stake in the company, has a recent net worth of US$7.4 billion which makes him the 22nd richest American.
		Knight stepped down as the company's CEO and President on December 28, 2004, instead taking the position of chairman.
	www.westlinn.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Phil_Knight (185 words)

	9news.com \| News \| Nike co-founder Phil Knight resigns top job at world's largest shoe maker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Knight, who left the helm of the $12 billion athletic shoe and clothing company on Thursday, will be succeeded by William D. Perez, head of S.C. Johnson & Son Inc., maker of Glade air fresheners and Drano drain cleaner.
		Knight's combined salary and bonuses for this year were nearly $3.7 million, up from nearly $2.5 million last year.
		Knight still owns about 28 percent of the voting shares of Nike Class B stock and 92 percent of the nonvoting Class A stock, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
	www.9news.com /acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=51eab0a3-0abe-421a-0172-df64290d1edc&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf (537 words)

	Phil Knight: The Force Behind Nike
		Knight also understood that this lust for heroes and appreciation for in-your-face attitude is not limited to American youth.
		Knight isn't wearing his ever-present Oakley sunglasses (he's rarely photographed without them), which is a bonus, as his pale blue eyes open wide and sparkle when a topic engages him.
		Knight was raised in Portland, the son of a lawyer turned newspaper publisher.
	www.stanfordalumni.org /news/magazine/1997/janfeb/articles/knight.html (3843 words)

	Phil Knight biography
		Nike co-founder, Philip Knight was born on February 24, 1938, in Portland, Oregon.
		Knight was a middle-distance runner for the University of Oregon track team, where he encountered coach Bill Bowerman's obsession with improving running shoes.
		In November 2004 Phil Knight announced he was stepping down as chief executive, but will remain chairman of the board of directors.
	www.biogs.com /famous/knightphilip.html (320 words)

	Phil Knight Steps Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Knight, who is 66 years old, co-founded Nike, Inc. in 1972 with legendary University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman.
		Knight sold track shoes from the trunk of his car, Nike, Inc. has grown to a $12.3 billion revenue company in fiscal 2004 employing 24,000 people worldwide and selling its products in nearly 200 countries.
		Knight’s request, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Nike’s Board of Directors, led by outside director Ralph D. DeNunzio, initiated a process to identify potential successors for Mr.
	www.kicksguide.com /news/phil-knight-ceo-nike.asp (734 words)

	Online NewsHour: Nike's Labor Plans -- May 13, 1998
		Knight, some of the critics today are pointing out that while the steps that you took are worthwhile and important, first ones that the main topic that you didn't address is the question of wages, and they point out that many workers make under $2 a day.
		PHIL PONCE: As I understand--as I understood your statement yesterday, you indicated that in those places where the legal age is lower than the new age limit that you're setting, that those workers would allow--would be allowed to stay on the payroll.
		PHILIP KNIGHT: Well, once again, I think you've got anecdotes, two of them, and specifically one where a woman manager hit 14 workers with a shoe upper, which is two pieces of leather, on the shoulder; another case where a woman manager ran her 14 workers around the factory floor a couple of times.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/business/jan-june98/nike_5-13.html (1483 words)

	The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Nike's Phil Knight resigns as CEO
		PORTLAND — Phil Knight said yesterday he is resigning as president and chief executive of Nike but will remain chairman of the world's largest athletic shoe and clothing maker at a time when sales for the "swoosh" logo are growing around the globe.
		Knight served as president, chief executive and chairman of the board until yesterday, when he resigned the first two positions.
		Knight was a miler for legendary coach Bowerman at Oregon in the early 1960s.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/businesstechnology/2002095212_nike19.html (1086 words)

	Phil Knight,
		Knight had lobbied for the school to join the Fair Labor Association, a labor-rights group that has corporate executives on its board.
		Phil Knight - Phil Knight Born: Feb. 24, 1938 Founder and chairman of Nike, Inc., the multi-billion dollar shoe...
		Phil Knight's footprint as co-founder is bigger than Nike itself.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0862211.html (295 words)

	Phil Knight
		Knight remembers his coach and quoted he was "always experimenting with shoes." "Intent on helping his runners shave split seconds off their times, Bowerman would cobble shoes with uppers made of lightweight kid and, later nylon" (Hauser 139).
		"Phil Knight's idea of running the company was to make high-quality, low-cost shoes, get some top athletes to endorse them let his sales force sell the product" (Lane 46).
		Knight claims to model after the Disney Company, which is bigger than Nike, and which manages to remain creative.
	www.stfrancis.edu /ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/bbios/biograph/phil.htm (825 words)

	Phil Knight: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Knight is also known for his monetary support of the University of Oregon University of Oregon quick summary:
		American, when used as an adjective, can mean "of the united states of america" or "of or relating to the americas"; when used as a noun, "united states citizen",...
		Knight stepped down as the company's CEO and President on December 28, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/ph/phil_knight.htm (523 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Phil Knight resigns top job at Nike
		Phil Knight stepped down Thursday as president and chief executive officer of Nike Inc., the $12 billion athletic shoe and clothing company he co-founded and built into the world's largest shoe maker and one of its best-known brands.
		PORTLAND, Ore. – Phil Knight stepped down Thursday as president and chief executive officer of Nike Inc., the $12 billion athletic shoe and clothing company he co-founded and built into the world's largest shoe maker and one of its best-known brands.
		Under Knight, Nike took celebrity-athlete endorsements to a new level, lauding stars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods as emblems of the company's ethic.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20041118-1538-nike-knightresigns.html (415 words)

	ABC News: Just do it! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Knight, who historically has been reluctant to discuss his philanthropy, declined to be interviewed for this story.
		Knight, ever the fan, asked what was needed to reach the next level and, voila, ground was broken on the practice facility.
		Knight wanted the trials in his old stomping ground, just as he is pushing Eugene to regain its "Track Town USA" title and craves a successful Oregon track program built on the distance running tradition like when he showed up on campus in fall 1955.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/ESPNSports/story?id=1492584 (2364 words)

	Phil Knight Biography / Biography of Phil Knight Biography
		Phil Knight (born 1938) is the founder and head of Nike, Inc., the number one athletic shoe company in the world.
		It is a reputation Knight has earned over the years as both a visionary businessman and a hard-nosed CEO.
		Knight was born in Portland, Oregon, on Februa.....
	www.bookrags.com /biography-phil-knight (248 words)

	ESPN.com - SPORTSBUSINESS - Big Nikes to fill: Knight stepping down as CEO
		Nike co-founder Phil Knight, who at 24 sold shoes out of his car before eventually helping build the most lucrative footwear and apparel company in the world, announced Thursday that he would be stepping down as chief executive and president of the company.
		Knight, who has been the company's only chief executive, notified the company's board of directors at its quarterly meeting in Beaverton, Ore., that he would resign his positions on Dec. 28.
		Knight has a net worth of $7.4 billion and was ranked 22nd in Forbes' most recent list of "The 400 Most Wealthy Americans." He has donated at least $100 million to causes, the bulk of which has gone to his alma mater.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/sportsbusiness/news/story?id=1926045 (1033 words)

	Nikebiz : About Nike : Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Phil Knight was a University of Oregon accounting student and a middle-distance runner under Bowerman.
		In 1962, Knight had this you're-crazy-it-will-never-work-or-someone-would-already-be-doing-it idea about bringing low-priced, high-tech athletic shoes from Japan to dislodge German domination of the US athletic footwear industry.
		Bowerman was always seeking ways to improve Tiger designs, and Knight never could stand the thought of shilling for somebody else when he could shill for himself.
	www.nike.com /nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=5&item=phil (347 words)

	LCB - Visionaries - Past Winners - Phil Knight
		Born in Portland, Oregon, Knight came to UO to run for one of the most prestigious track programs in the country and to be coached by the legendary Bill Bowerman.
		Knight soon began selling shoes at track meets out of the back of his Plymouth Valiant station wagon, eventually making enough money to quit his job as an accountant.
		Knight is the father of sports marketing, an industry he almost single-handedly created.
	lcb.uoregon.edu /visionaries/Knight.html (337 words)

	Mike & Nike
		I think Nike's CEO Phil Knight regrets he said the things he said when I interviewed him last year at his Portland headquarters.
		Phil Knight justify the use of 14-year-old workers in his overseas factories.
		As Phil Knight refers to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as "whiplash of the wrist".
	www.dogeatdogfilms.com /mikenike.html (439 words)

	Nike History and Timeline
		She met Phil Knight while he was teaching accounting classes and she started doing some freelance work for his company.
		Phil Knight asked Caroline to design a logo that could be placed on the side of a shoe.
		Phil Knight traveled to Japan on a world-tour, filled with the wanderlust of young men seeking a way to delay the inevitable call of professional life.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~CLASS/am483_97/projects/hincker/nikhist.html (933 words)

	Memorandum on Franchise Online Information
		Phil Knight was a business major at the University of Oregon and an avid track runner.
		He asked her to design a logo of some sort that could be placed on the side of a shoe and in 1972 the first shoe with a swoosh was introduced and the fascination that is Nike began from there.
		Phil Knight is worth 5.8 billion dollars which puts him on the map as the 13th richest man in the world.
	oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~ms221599/esp/internet.htm (2694 words)

	Phil Knight sheds his running shoes \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		PORTLAND, Ore. – Phil Knight stepped down yesterday as president and chief executive of Nike, the $12 billion athletic shoe and clothing company he co-founded and built into the world's largest shoe maker and one of its best-known brands.
		Knight, 66, will remain chairman of Nike's board of directors, the company said.
		Knight did not give a reason for relinquishing the titles.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041119/news_1b19nike.html (590 words)

	USATODAY.com - Perez to succeed Knight as CEO of Nike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Replacing Knight, 66, as president and CEO is William Perez, 57.
		Knight had asked the Nike board nearly three years ago to begin a search for his replacement because he had "been asked a lot and thought about succession."
		Knight said he will help with the transition in the next six months but would not forecast beyond, except to say he wants to up his running mileage beyond 15 per week.
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/manufacturing/2004-11-18-nike-knight_x.htm (616 words)

	University of Oregon News Releases
		Earlier, a Knight Chair was designated to the position of the dean of the School of Law, held by Rennard Strickland, which brings the current total of Knight Chairs to seven.
		The Knight Chairs are being allocated to UO schools, colleges and programs under a formula developed by Provost Moseley and approved by President Frohnmayer.
		Phil Knight also proposed to endow a position to be occupied by the president of the university, which was approved by the state chancellor of higher education and the Oregon University System board.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~uocomm/newsreleases/official/jun98/O061198.html (724 words)

	A pay cut for Nike’s Phil Knight - August 2, 2005
		BEAVERTON — Nike co-founder Phil Knight will earn a third less this year than last, in a pay cut meant to reflect his downsized role in the multinational corporation.
		Knight, who began the footwear and athletic apparel company selling sneakers out of the trunk of his car, is still the chairman of Nike Inc. But he stepped down as CEO last December, passing the baton to an outsider named William D. Perez.
		Knight’s bonus pay was also slashed by one third to $1.55 million for 2005.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2005/0802/biz/stories/06biz.htm (203 words)

	ESPN.com - NCF - Just do it!
		Phil Knight isn't subtle about the direction he wants to see the University of Oregon headed.
		Knight may be a familiar face at colleges around the country, but there's no question about where his allegiances lie.
		Phil Knight is no longer Nike's CEO, but he's still running things at the University of Oregon.
	sports.espn.go.com /ncf/news/story?id=2285500 (2763 words)

	Wired 14.02: Phil Knight's Big Leap
		Knight, a Portland native, was eager to support local artists.
		Knight says that the new venture offers "an excuse to work together," which is as effusive as he gets.
		Hiring a first-time director and screenwriter is no big deal for Knight; the CEO of Laika is a former Nike executive, Dale Wahl, who admits that he had to read a book about the movie business before he took the job.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/14.02/knight.html (941 words)

	Nike, Inc. SWOT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Phil Knight (Founder and CEO) is often quoted as saying that 'Business is war without bullets.' Nike has a healthy dislike of is competitors.
		Its famous 'Swoosh' is instantly recognisable, and Phil Knight even has it tattooed on his ankle.
		The model developed by Phil Knight in his Stamford Business School days (high value branded product manufactured at a low cost) is now commonly used and to an extent is no longer a basis for sustainable competitive advantage.
	www.marketingteacher.com /SWOT/nike_swot.htm (668 words)

	UO News Nov 2 2005 Bowerman Award to Knight
		Knight sold shoes at track meets out of the back of his Plymouth Valiant station wagon, eventually making enough money to quit his job as an accountant.
		Nike's Phil Knight created an innovative product distribution system whereby retailers placed orders for footwear six months in advance of delivery, reducing the guesswork in terms of how many shoes Nike thought it would sell while guaranteeing retailers delivery dates and earned discounts on orders.
		Influenced by Bowerman and driven by Knight, Nike was one of the first companies to adopt a corporate culture that implemented a matrix structure, encouraged a high level of trust, gave employees the freedom to innovate and take risks, and instilled a commitment to sports culture and fitness.
	waddle.uoregon.edu /?id=427 (787 words)

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