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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Michael J Leffell	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Hatch Victory Cmte
James France	Paul Ryan, George Mitchell, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Goli Yazdi Ameri, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Paula G McInerney	Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Jim Renacci, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Robert E Glennon	Bob Kerrey, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Gerald C Weller, Ron Wyden, Bob Packwood, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Jeff Merkley, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Tom Bruggere, Dan Benishek
Albert Galatyn Hill Jr	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Mike Coffman, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Ned Diefenthal	Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Jim Renacci, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Seth Klarman	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Ron Wyden, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Ann Marie Buerkle, Robert Dold, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Joe Craft	Paul Ryan, Jim Ryun, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Stephen E Babson	Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Ron Wyden, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities, Goli Yazdi Ameri, Mitt Romney, Scott Bruun, Robert Cornilles, Monica Wehby, Wyden for Oregon
Ann L Johnson	Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Jim Renacci, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
David M Weekley	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, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Wayne L Berman	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Impact America, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Ray R Irani	Paul Ryan, 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, Monica Wehby, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Edward C Levy Jr	John Bennett Johnston Jr, Orrin Hatch, Gordon Harold Smith, Charles Foster Bass, 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, Dan Benishek, Robert Dold
George L Argyros Sr.	Brian P Bilbray, Orrin Hatch, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign 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 Holmes Tuttle	Paul Ryan, Mark Odom Hatfield, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional 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
Stephen F Brauer	Orrin Hatch, 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, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Thom Tillis
Albert H Small Sr	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, 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, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Dietrich M Gross	Judy Borg Biggert, Gerald C Weller, 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, Robert Dold
Kenneth S Abramowitz	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Goli Yazdi Ameri, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Ann Marie Buerkle, Robert Dold, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Hatch Victory Cmte

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

Phil Knight

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