Nike cofounder Phil Knight nearly dismissed the idea of air soles when an aerospace engineer presented it to him, he wrote in his memoir "Shoe Dog." He thought the technology was "comic book stuff," ...

As the shoe and apparel brand celebrates its 60th anniversary, here’s a look back at a 1981 Forbes profile of Nike’s billionaire cofounder. Just Did It: Nike cofounder Phil Knight revolutionized the ...

Phil Knight delves into his past in this memoir and gives us a never-before-seen look at what it was like to bring Nike to where it is today. These were five surprising insights from the book. "The ...

Netflix has optioned film rights to Nike founder Phil Knight’s bestselling memoir Shoe Dog, which he will produce alongside Oscar-nominated producer Frank Marshall. The Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning ...

Nike, the world's largest sporting goods company, expects to bring in about $34 billion in revenue this year. Many of the world's best-known athletes like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Serena ...

Before Ben Affleck donned an ill-fitting wig and distracting polarized sunglasses in his portrayal of Phil Knight in “Air,” the visionary Nike founder told his own life story in a 2018 memoir called ...

The great Canadian economist Reuven Brenner once referred to macroeconomics as “a tautology and a myth, a dangerous one at that, sustaining the illusion that prosperity is necessarily linked with ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. — With enough relish to cover a foot-long hot dog, Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike, recalled an item that appeared in Fortune magazine in 1984. "There's no better example that Nike has ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Phil Knight sports the Nike brand. Literally. The 78-year-old founder of the largest athletic footwear and apparel company in the world rolls up his pants leg to show a faded tattoo ...

Phil Knight's Shoe Dog memoir. Image from the publisher, Simon and Schuster. "The cowards never started, and the weak died along the way -- that leaves us." That fitting quote comes fromthe recently ...