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
John W Stanton	Bob Kerrey, Orrin Hatch, Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Ron Wyden, Republican National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Cornilles, Monica Wehby
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
Robert J Dotchin	Bob Kerrey, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Gerald C Weller, Ron Wyden, Charles Foster Bass, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, ORRINPAC, Mitt Romney, Dan Benishek, Monica Wehby
William D Smithburg	Judy Borg Biggert, Paul Ryan, 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, Robert Dold
Cesar L Alvarez	Bob Kerrey, Orrin Hatch, George Mitchell, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, ORRINPAC, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Dold
David Koch	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Jim Ryun, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Mike Coffman, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Hatch 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
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
Scott McNealy	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, ORRINPAC, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Jill Ann Fertitta	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, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Teresa Fertitta	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, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Jeffrey M Mackinnon	Brian P Bilbray, Paul Ryan, Greg Walden, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Mike Coffman, Impact America, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, New Pioneers PAC, Thom Tillis
C Boyden Gray	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Scott Paterno, ORRINPAC, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Our Destiny PAC, Monica Wehby, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Hatch Victory Cmte
Charles H Bundrant	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Linda Smith, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Chip Cravaack, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Darren Willcox	Brian P Bilbray, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Greg Walden, Charles Foster Bass, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, New Pioneers PAC, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Walden Victory Fund
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
Craig J Duchossois	Judy Borg Biggert, Paul Ryan, Gerald C Weller, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Edyth Bailey Lindner	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, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Edward J Robson	Paul Ryan, 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, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Helen Schwab	Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Oregon Republican Party, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte

Types	Person, Business Person
Aliases	Buck Knight, Mr Philip H. Knight, Philip H Knight

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