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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? 🤔 Yeezus Album Cover, Kareem Abdul-jabbar, Nike Air Max 360, Hip Hop Sneakers, Hop On Pop, Phil Knight, Sell Shoes, Graffiti Writing, Nba Art

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? 🤔

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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. Happy 83rd Birthday, 83rd Birthday, Film Production Company, Phil Knight, Film Production, Production Company, Co Founder, Stop Motion, Net Worth

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.

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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 cold-call on the Onitsuka Co. in Kobe, Japan, and persuaded the manufacturer of Tiger shoes to make Knight a distributor of Tiger running shoes in the United States. When the first set of sample shoes arrived, Knight sent several pairs to Bowerman, hoping to make a sale. Instead, Bowerman stunned Knight by off Tiger Running, Tiger Shoes, Phil Knight, Distance Runner, Kobe Japan, Stanford University, Nike Outfits, Dark Knight, Oregon

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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