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Nike

COMPANY

Founded 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman.

Official Website:
http://www.nike.com/

Industry:
Consumer Products

Ticker:
NYSE:NKE

Corporate headquarters:
Beaverton, OR

Sales:
$15B (2006)

Employees:
28,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bill Bowerman
Fitness Guru
19-Feb-1911 24-Dec-1999 Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Thomas E. Clarke
Business
c. 1951   President and COO of Nike, 1994-2000
Maria S. Eitel
Business
c. 1963   President of the Nike Foundation
Robert S. Falcone
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Nike, 1990-98
Neil Goldschmidt
Government
16-Jun-1940   Governor of Oregon, 1987-91
Phil Knight
Business
24-Feb-1938   Co-Founder of Nike
Frits van Paasschen
Business
c. 1961   CEO of Starwood Hotels
Mark G. Parker
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Nike
William D. Perez
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Wrigley

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John G. Connors
Business
c. 1959   CFO of Microsoft, 1999-2005
Jill Ker Conway
Educator
9-Oct-1934   President of Smith College, 1975-85
Timothy D. Cook
Business
1-Nov-1960   CEO of Apple
Ralph D. DeNunzio
Business
17-Nov-1931   CEO of Kidder Peabody, 1980-87
Alan B. Graf, Jr.
Business
c. 1955   CFO of FedEx
Douglas G. Houser
Attorney
11-Jul-1935   Partner, Bullivant Houser Bailey
Jeanne P. Jackson
Business
10-Aug-1951   CEO of Banana Republic, 1995-2000
Phil Knight
Business
24-Feb-1938   Co-Founder of Nike
Mark G. Parker
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Nike
Johnathan A. Rodgers
Business
c. 1946   CEO of TV One
Orin C. Smith
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Starbucks, 2000-05
John Thompson
Basketball
2-Sep-1941   Georgetown Head Coach, 1972-99

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bill Bowerman
Fitness Guru
19-Feb-1911 24-Dec-1999 Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Thomas E. Clarke
Business
c. 1951   President and COO of Nike, 1994-2000
William D. Perez
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Wrigley
Charles W. Robinson
Business
7-Sep-1919   Deputy Secretary of State, 1976-77
A. Michael Spence
Economist
7-Nov-1943   Asymmetric markets

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Benigno Aquino III
Head of State
8-Feb-1960   President of the Philippines

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sebastian Coe
Track and Field
29-Sep-1956   Won 4 Olympic running medals
Walter Dellinger
Attorney
15-May-1941   Duke University law professor
Hamilton Jordan
Government
21-Sep-1944 20-May-2008 White House Chief of Staff, 1979-80
Andrew Young
Politician
12-Mar-1932   Mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Andre Agassi
Tennis
29-Apr-1970   Winner of 8 Grand Slam singles
Ray Allen
Basketball
20-Jul-1975   Miami Heat shooting guard
Lance Armstrong
Cyclist
18-Sep-1971   7-time Tour De France winner
Charles Barkley
Basketball
20-Feb-1963   NBA player scored over 23,000 points
Kobe Bryant
Basketball
23-Aug-1978   Embattled Los Angeles Lakers star
William S. Burroughs
Author
5-Feb-1914 2-Aug-1997 Naked Lunch
Bootsy Collins
Bassist
26-Oct-1951   This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N
Rhys Darby
Actor
21-Mar-1974   Murray on Flight of the Conchords
Julius Erving
Basketball
22-Feb-1950   Forward, Philadelphia 76ers
Boomer Esiason
Football
17-Apr-1961   Cincinnati Bengals
George Foreman
Boxing
10-Jan-1949   Champ knocks out the fat
Wayne Gretzky
Hockey
26-Jan-1961   The Great One
MC Hammer
Singer/Songwriter
30-Mar-1962   Can't touch this
Dennis Hopper
Actor
17-May-1936 29-May-2010 Apocalypse Now
Bo Jackson
Baseball
30-Nov-1962   Bo Knows
LeBron James
Basketball
30-Dec-1984   King James
Michael Jordan
Basketball
17-Feb-1963   God's gift to basketball, clearly
Denis Leary
Comic
18-Aug-1957   Loud, smoking comic
Spike Lee
Film Director
20-Mar-1957   Do The Right Thing
Bernie Mac
Comic
5-Oct-1957 9-Aug-2008 The Bernie Mac Show
Jason Mewes
Actor
12-Jun-1974   "Jay" to Kevin Smith's "Silent Bob"
?uestlove
Drummer
20-Jan-1971   Drummer for The Roots
Dennis Rodman
Basketball
13-May-1961   Eccentric ex-pro basketball player
Robert Rodriguez
Film Director
20-Jun-1968   El Mariachi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Soccer
5-Feb-1985   Real Madrid
Wayne Rooney
Soccer
24-Oct-1985   Striker for Manchester United
Deion Sanders
Football
9-Aug-1967   Played in both NFL and MLB
Monica Seles
Tennis
2-Dec-1973   Winner of 9 Majors
Maria Sharapova
Tennis
19-Apr-1987   Winner of 3 Grand Slam titles
Jerry Stiller
Actor
8-Jun-1927   Frank Costanza on Seinfeld
Sheryl Swoopes
Basketball
25-Mar-1971   Three-time WNBA MVP
Danny Trejo
Actor
16-May-1944   Ex-con turned character actor
Michael Vick
Football
26-Jun-1980   Football quarterback and dog fighter
Kanye West
Music Producer
8-Jun-1977   The College Dropout
Michelle Wie
Golf
11-Oct-1989   Young pro golfer
Bruce Willis
Actor
19-Mar-1955   Die Hard
Tiger Woods
Golf
30-Dec-1975   Greatest living golfer
Bernie Worrell
Musician
19-Apr-1944   Blacktronic Scientist


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