Author
Phil Knight
Phil Knight, a former University of Oregon runner and a graduate of Stanford’s business school, founded the company that became Nike in 1964 with his coach Bill Bowerman. He ran it for about forty years and then stayed on as chairman of the board.
Books in Livria
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
In 1962 Phil Knight, a 24-year-old runner, decided to sell Japanese running shoes in America and made up the name of his company right at the negotiating table. For the next eighteen years it kept coming close to…