Phil Knight

Chairman of Nike

Philip H. Knight -- Mr. Knight a director since 1968, is Chairman of the Board of Directors of NIKE. Mr. Knight is a co-founder of the Company and, except for the period from June 1983 through September 1984, served as its President from 1968 to 1990, and from June 2000 to 2004. Prior to 1968, Mr. Knight was a certified public accountant with Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand and was an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Portland State University. In 2021 Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny’s, $500 million contribution to the University of Oregon tied for second place on the list of th3e year's largest. The gift will be used to expand the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact and follows a $500 million donation the Knights gave to launch the science campus in 2016. The Knight Campus aims to speed up the process of transforming new scientific discoveries into medical treatments and other developments to improve people’s lives. Phil Knight, whose net worth stands at about $60 billion, earned a bachelor’s degree in business from tthe University of Oregon in 1959. The couple have given the university a total of at least $1.6 billion to date.

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Donor	Common Recipients
James F Dicke	Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Gerald C Weller, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Jim Renacci, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Greg Maffei	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Ron Wyden, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Dold, Monica Wehby, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Susan Hirschmann	Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Dan Benishek, Ann Marie Buerkle, Chip Cravaack, Robert Dold, New Pioneers PAC, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
William D Perez	Judy Borg Biggert, Earl Blumenauer, Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Dold, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Harlan Crow	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Sheldon Adelson	Brian P Bilbray, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Gerald C Weller, Jim Ryun, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Ronald J Gidwitz	Judy Borg Biggert, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gerald C Weller, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Gordon Sondland	Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Ron Wyden, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Molly Hering Bordonaro, Goli Yazdi Ameri, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Cornilles, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis
Tatnall Lea Hillman	Paul Ryan, Jim Ryun, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Linda Smith, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Jim Renacci, Bobby Schilling, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Philmore B Anderson	Orrin Hatch, Dan Lungren, Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Jim Renacci, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Sam Zell	Judy Borg Biggert, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gerald C Weller, Ron Wyden, Mark Odom Hatfield, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
T Boone Pickens	Brian P Bilbray, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Frederick W Smith	Bob Kerrey, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Bob Packwood, George John Mitchell, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Chip Cravaack, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Thomas A Miller	Judy Borg Biggert, Brian P Bilbray, Dan Lungren, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Dan Benishek, Ann Marie Buerkle, Chip Cravaack, Robert Dold, Jim Renacci, Bobby Schilling
Ron Cameron	Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Dan Benishek, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Julian Robertson Jr	Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Monica Wehby, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Kent Thiry	Bob Kerrey, Earl Blumenauer, Orrin Hatch, Gordon Harold Smith, Ron Wyden, Bob Packwood, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, ORRINPAC, Committee for a Livable Future, Mitt Romney, New Pioneers PAC, Wyden for Oregon, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities
Barry L MacLean	Judy Borg Biggert, Paul Ryan, Gerald C Weller, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Frank Fertitta III	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
August A Busch III	Paul Ryan, Bob Packwood, George John Mitchell, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Jim Renacci, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Chairman's Victory Fund

Updated 11 months ago

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Feb 24 '38
Aliases	Buck Knight, Mr Philip H. Knight, Philip H Knight

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