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Phil Knight
American billionaire business magnate (born )
This article is about the businessman. For other people, see Phil Knight (disambiguation).
Philip Hampson Knight (born February 24, ) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company.
He was previously its chairman and CEO.[1] As of January , Forbes estimated his net worth at $33 billion.[2][3] He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika.
Knight is a graduate of the University of Oregon and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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He was part of the track and field club under coach Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon with whom he would later co-found Nike.
Knight has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to each of his alma maters, as well as Oregon Health & Science University.
He has donated over $2 billion to these three institut