Phil Knight

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businessperson entrepreneur human philanthropist

Phil Knight is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Nike, Inc.

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Label Occurrences
Phil Knight canonical 29
Nike co-founder Phil Knight 3
Philip H. Knight 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
almaMater Stanford Graduate School of Business ⓘ
University of Oregon ⓘ
awardReceived Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (as contributor, via Nike)

Oregon Sports Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
child Christina Knight ⓘ
Matthew Knight ⓘ
Travis Knight ⓘ
coFounded Blue Ribbon Sports ⓘ
Nike, Inc. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-02-24 ⓘ
donatedTo Oregon Health & Science University ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
University of Oregon ⓘ
educatedAt Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon) ⓘ
Stanford Graduate School of Business ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
University of Oregon ⓘ
employer Nike, Inc. ⓘ
endTime CEO of Nike, Inc.: 2004 ⓘ
Chairman of Nike, Inc.: 2016 ⓘ
familyName Knight ⓘ
fullName Philip Hampson Knight ⓘ
genre business memoir ⓘ
givenName Philip ⓘ
knownFor co-founding Nike, Inc. ⓘ
memberOf Phi Gamma Delta ⓘ
surface form: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
notableFor major philanthropy to Stanford University ⓘ
major philanthropy to the University of Oregon ⓘ
notableProject funding of the Matthew Knight Arena at the University of Oregon ⓘ
notableWork Shoe Dog ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
business executive ⓘ
chairperson ⓘ
placeOfBirth Portland ⓘ
surface form: Portland, Oregon, United States
positionHeld CEO of Nike, Inc. ⓘ
Chairman of Nike, Inc. ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence La Quinta, California, United States ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
surface form: Oregon, United States
sport middle-distance running ⓘ
sportsDisciplineCoachedOrManaged track and field (as a former middle-distance runner and team manager) ⓘ
spouse Penny Knight ⓘ
startTime CEO of Nike, Inc.: 1964 ⓘ
Chairman of Nike, Inc.: 1964 ⓘ

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Nike, Inc. → foundedBy → Phil Knight ⓘ
Nike, Inc. → keyPerson → Phil Knight ⓘ
Ducks → associatedPerson → Phil Knight ⓘ
Oregon Ducks → associatedWith → Phil Knight ⓘ
Stanford Graduate School of Business → hasNotableAlumni → Phil Knight ⓘ
Air → portrays → Phil Knight ⓘ
subject surface form: Air (2023 film)
Bill Bowerman → coached → Phil Knight ⓘ
Blue Ribbon Sports → foundedBy → Phil Knight ⓘ
Blue Ribbon Sports → keyPerson → Phil Knight ⓘ
NKE → hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder → Phil Knight ⓘ
Knight Management Center → namedAfter → Phil Knight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philip H. Knight
Knight Management Center → donor → Phil Knight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philip H. Knight
Knight Cancer Institute → namedAfter → Phil Knight ⓘ
Sonny Vaccaro → workedWith → Phil Knight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nike co-founder Phil Knight
Penny Knight → spouse → Phil Knight ⓘ
Penny Knight → spouseOf → Phil Knight ⓘ
Penny Knight → associatedWith → Phil Knight ⓘ
Christina Knight → father → Phil Knight ⓘ
Christina Knight → parent → Phil Knight ⓘ
Philip Hampson Knight → alsoKnownAs → Phil Knight ⓘ
Philip → nickname → Phil Knight ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Knight
Philip → hasAlias → Phil Knight ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Knight
Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon) → notableAlumnus → Phil Knight ⓘ
Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon) → notableAlumnusOf → Phil Knight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nike co-founder Phil Knight
Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon) → hasAlumni → Phil Knight ⓘ
Shoe Dog → author → Phil Knight ⓘ
Shoe Dog → mainSubject → Phil Knight ⓘ
Travis Knight → parent → Phil Knight ⓘ
Matthew Knight → childOf → Phil Knight ⓘ
Matthew Knight → hasFather → Phil Knight ⓘ
Bowerman → coached → Phil Knight ⓘ
subject surface form: Bill Bowerman
Portland First Citizen Award → notableRecipient → Phil Knight ⓘ
Laika → foundedBy → Phil Knight ⓘ
Laika → parentCompany → Phil Knight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nike co-founder Phil Knight