Knight built his own $7,600,000 private hangar in Oregon as he wanted a place for all his jets
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Phil Knight
Philip Hampson Knight is an American billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports footwear, equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. As of October 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$35.4 billion. He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika. Knight is a graduate of the University of…
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business · American billionaire business magnate (born 1938) · businessperson · writer · entrepreneur · philanthropist · also Phil Knight, Philip Hampson Knight, Knight
Born 24 February 1938 · Q557305
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
Knight and his wife pledged $2 billion to the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, bringing the total the Knights have donated to Oregon Health & Science to $2
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2024· 1 entry
Knight received the President's award of the World Athletics Awards
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2023· 2 entries
Knight was America's second largest donor with $1
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His lifetime gifts now approach $2 billion." In 2023, Knight was America's second largest donor with $1.2 billion in giving.
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2022· 3 entries
Also in 2022, Knight donated $2 million to a political action committee seeking to elect Republican state legislators in Oregon.
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Knight donated $2 million to a political action committee seeking to elect Republican state legislators in Oregon
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Knight was once again a major donor during the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election.
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2021· 2 entries
Knight helped to fund the renovation of Hayward Field, a track and field stadium at the university
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As of July 2021, Knight has a net worth of $60.8 billion.
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2020· 2 entries
Reported net worth: $40.8B (as of 2020).
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The university polled alumni and fans on social media, asking them which four UO alumni they would place on a notional Mount Rushmore for the university
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2016· 2 entries
By Simon & Schuster, was rated fifth on The New York Times Best Seller list for business books in July 2018, and details the building of the Nike brand, from importing Japanese shoes to being part of a federal investigat
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It was announced that Knight contributed $400 million to start the Knight-Hennessy Scholars graduate-level education program inspired by the Rhodes Scholarship
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2015· 2 entries
OHSU met that $500 million goal, and Knight announced his upcoming $500 million donation, to bring the total to $1 billion raised
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“s chairman, with president and CEO Mark Parker to succeed him. Knight”
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2013· 1 entry
Knight announced to the audience at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute's biennial gala, when he announced his intention to donate US$500 million for research if OHSU could match it over the subsequent two years
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2012· 2 entries
Knight contributed US$65,000 to a higher education Political Action Committee (PAC) formed by Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle
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Knight was announced as a 2012 inductee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as a contributor
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2011· 1 entry
The Matthew Knight Arena at the University of Oregon was named in his honor
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2010· 1 entry
Donated $400,000 to Chris Dudley, the then Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon
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2006· 1 entry
Knight donated US$105 million to the Stanford Graduate School of Business, which, at the time, was the largest ever individual donation to a U
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2004· 1 entry
Several months after Matthew's funeral but retained the position of chairman of the board
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2001· 1 entry
The Oregon University System enacted a mandate that all institutions within the system choose business partners from a politically neutral standpoint, barring all universities in Oregon from joining either the WRC or the
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2000· 2 entries
Students began a sit-in at Johnson Hall, the UO's administrative center
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Knight was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame for his Special Contribution to Sports in Oregon
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1998· 1 entry
And his son Travis—who had graduated from Portland State following an unsuccessful attempt at a rap music career—went to work at the studio as an animator
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1990· 1 entry
Knight founded the Philip H
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1989· 1 entry
Knight received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1986· 1 entry
Financed Neil Goldschmidt's successful campaign, and in 2014, he donated $250,000 to the re-election campaign of Democrat John Kitzhaber
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1977· 1 entry
Together with Bowerman and Geoff Hollister, Knight founded an American running team called Athletics West
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1964· 1 entry
The birth date of Blue Ribbon Sports, the company that would later become Nike
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1956· 1 entry
Played for Oregon Ducks track and field (1956–1959).
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1938· 2 entries
Born 1938-02-24.
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In Portland, Oregon, to Bill Knight, a lawyer turned newspaper publisher, and his wife, Lota Cloy (née Hatfield) Knight
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