As the shoe and apparel brand celebrates its 60th anniversary, here’s a look back at a 1981 Forbes profile of Nike’s billionaire cofounder. Forbes Staff. Brett Knight is an assistant managing ...

It's the home of the swoosh: the world headquarters of Nike ... Bill Bowerman was Knight's coach. He was obsessed with tearing apart track shoes and reassembling them, creating a sort of "Franken ...

Nike Chairman and co-founder Phil Knight plans to step down, and says he wants President and CEO Mark Parker to succeed him. Knight, 76, says he plans to stay involved with the company after he ...

The Nike founder started the company with his former University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman in 1964. Knight has since become among the top 30 wealthiest people in the world with a net ...

Nike co-founder Phil Knight has thrown his largess behind the Republican candidate in Oregon’s race for governor because he’s fed up with his state’s left-leaning policies, the reticent ...

Nike co-founder Phil Knight donated another $2 million to unaffiliated candidate for governor Betsy Johnson early last month, bringing the total that Oregon’s most well-known billionaire has ...

It turns out the relationship is likely done for good, Nike co-founder told CNBC in an interview that aired Thursday. "I would doubt that we go back," co-founder Phil Knight said. "But I don't ...

Nike co-founder Phil Knight said Thursday the company’s partnership with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is likely over in the wake of the player’s antisemitism controversy. Knight appeared on ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Nike co-founder Phil Knight has backed a new candidate in the Oregon governor's race. He donated $1 million to Republican candidate Christine Drazan, according to state campaign ...

Nike is likely done with Kyrie Irving, co-founder Phil Knight said in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Thursday. The company announced last Friday that it had suspended its relationship with ...