Philip Hampson Knight (born February 24, 1938) is an American billionaire businessman.
He is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., and was previously chairman and CEO of the company. He served as served as CEO of the company from 1964 to 2004, as board chairman through 2016. As of July 23, 2020, Knight was ranked by Forbes as the 24th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$54.5 billion.
He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika. Knight is a graduate of the University of Oregon and Stanford Graduate School of Business. He ran track under coach Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon, with whom he would 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 the three institutions.
He lives in Oregon with his wife, Penny.
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