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 ...

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 ...

whose art involved creating animation, frame by frame, with puppets. Even though his father had made Nike a success by associating it with some of the biggest names in sports, Knight says ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Nike said Thursday that its co-founder and chairman Phil Knight has retired from its board and CEO Mark Parker has been named the new chairman. The move completes a transition ...

Kirby Smart might want some more dollars at Georgia in NIL money, like what Phil Knight is prepared to give Oregon. The Nike founder was set to give “unlimited NIL” to the Ducks in his later ...

At least, it didn't seem to be that way. But, according to former Nike chairman Phil Knight, it does seem to be forever in this case. Knight told CNBC that he doubts Nike would go back to working ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...