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.

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 (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 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, Oregon, United States →
positionHeld	CEO of Nike, Inc. → Chairman of Nike, Inc. →
religion	Christianity →
residence	La Quinta, California, United States → 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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blue Ribbon Sports → Nike, Inc. →	foundedBy
Blue Ribbon Sports → Nike, Inc. →	keyPerson
Ducks →	associatedPerson
Oregon Ducks →	associatedWith
Bill Bowerman →	coached
Stanford Graduate School of Business →	hasNotableAlumni
NKE →	hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder
Air (2023 film) →	portrays