Want this question answered?
Phil Knight, and Bill Bowerman
Bill Bowerman and partner Phil Knight started Blue Ribbon Shoes with a 1,000 dollar investment. The company later became Nike Inc.
Bill Bowerman was Phil Knight's coach at the University of Oregon. Phil Knight started importing Tiger running shoes from Japan and send some to Bowerman to see if he would buy them. Bowerman had already been experimenting with shoes, drinks and anything that would help his runners, and offered to become partners with Phil Knight.They put in $500 each and started Blue Ribbon Sports and their first order was for 300 pairs of running shoes in January 1964.
Bill Bowerman was Phil Knight's coach at the University of Oregon. Phil Knight started importing Tiger running shoes from Japan and send some to Bowerman to see if he would buy them. Bowerman had already been experimenting with shoes, drinks and anything that would help his runners, and offered to become partners with Phil Knight.They put in $500 each and started Blue Ribbon Sports and their first order was for 300 pairs of running shoes in January 1964.
Bowerman= DEAD Knight is still running the business i think.
There are two: Bill Bowerman, the legendary University of Oregon track & field coach, and Phil Knight, a University of Oregon business student and middle-distance runner under Bowerman.
Phil knight
Bill Bowerman
NIKE
the founders of nike are Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight
Co-Founder and Chairman of Nike.
In 1971, salesperson Jeff Johnson dreamed of the Greek goddess of strength, speed, agility and victory Nike. He made a suggestion of the name, Nike, to Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. Bowerman and Knight decided to use the moniker for its first pair of footwear to bear the "swoosh." Believe it or not, it was a pair of soccer cleats! In 1972, the first athletic shoe bearing the Nike name was introduced.