COMPANY

Founded 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman.

Official Website:
http://www.nike.com/

Industry:
Consumer Products

Ticker:
NYSE:NKE

Corporate headquarters:
Beaverton, OR

Sales:
$15B (2006)

Employees:
28,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Bowerman	Fitness Guru	19-Feb-1911	24-Dec-1999	Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Thomas E. Clarke	Business	c. 1951		President and COO of Nike, 1994-2000
Maria S. Eitel	Business	c. 1963		President of the Nike Foundation
Robert S. Falcone	Business	c. 1947		CFO of Nike, 1990-98
Neil Goldschmidt	Government	16-Jun-1940		Governor of Oregon, 1987-91
Phil Knight	Business	24-Feb-1938		Co-Founder of Nike
Frits van Paasschen	Business	c. 1961		CEO of Starwood Hotels
Mark G. Parker	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Nike
William D. Perez	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Wrigley

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John G. Connors	Business	c. 1959		CFO of Microsoft, 1999-2005
Jill Ker Conway	Educator	9-Oct-1934		President of Smith College, 1975-85
Timothy D. Cook	Business	1-Nov-1960		CEO of Apple
Ralph D. DeNunzio	Business	17-Nov-1931		CEO of Kidder Peabody, 1980-87
Alan B. Graf, Jr.	Business	c. 1955		CFO of FedEx
Douglas G. Houser	Attorney	11-Jul-1935		Partner, Bullivant Houser Bailey
Jeanne P. Jackson	Business	10-Aug-1951		CEO of Banana Republic, 1995-2000
Phil Knight	Business	24-Feb-1938		Co-Founder of Nike
Mark G. Parker	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Nike
Johnathan A. Rodgers	Business	c. 1946		CEO of TV One
Orin C. Smith	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Starbucks, 2000-05
John Thompson	Basketball	2-Sep-1941		Georgetown Head Coach, 1972-99

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Bowerman	Fitness Guru	19-Feb-1911	24-Dec-1999	Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Thomas E. Clarke	Business	c. 1951		President and COO of Nike, 1994-2000
William D. Perez	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Wrigley
Charles W. Robinson	Business	7-Sep-1919		Deputy Secretary of State, 1976-77
A. Michael Spence	Economist	7-Nov-1943		Asymmetric markets

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Benigno Aquino III	Head of State	8-Feb-1960		President of the Philippines

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sebastian Coe	Track and Field	29-Sep-1956		Won 4 Olympic running medals
Walter Dellinger	Attorney	15-May-1941		Duke University law professor
Hamilton Jordan	Government	21-Sep-1944	20-May-2008	White House Chief of Staff, 1979-80
Andrew Young	Politician	12-Mar-1932		Mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Andre Agassi	Tennis	29-Apr-1970		Winner of 8 Grand Slam singles
Ray Allen	Basketball	20-Jul-1975		Miami Heat shooting guard
Lance Armstrong	Cyclist	18-Sep-1971		7-time Tour De France winner
Charles Barkley	Basketball	20-Feb-1963		NBA player scored over 23,000 points
Kobe Bryant	Basketball	23-Aug-1978		Embattled Los Angeles Lakers star
William S. Burroughs	Author	5-Feb-1914	2-Aug-1997	Naked Lunch
Bootsy Collins	Bassist	26-Oct-1951		This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N
Rhys Darby	Actor	21-Mar-1974		Murray on Flight of the Conchords
Julius Erving	Basketball	22-Feb-1950		Forward, Philadelphia 76ers
Boomer Esiason	Football	17-Apr-1961		Cincinnati Bengals
George Foreman	Boxing	10-Jan-1949		Champ knocks out the fat
Wayne Gretzky	Hockey	26-Jan-1961		The Great One
MC Hammer	Singer/Songwriter	30-Mar-1962		Can't touch this
Dennis Hopper	Actor	17-May-1936	29-May-2010	Apocalypse Now
Bo Jackson	Baseball	30-Nov-1962		Bo Knows
LeBron James	Basketball	30-Dec-1984		King James
Michael Jordan	Basketball	17-Feb-1963		God's gift to basketball, clearly
Denis Leary	Comic	18-Aug-1957		Loud, smoking comic
Spike Lee	Film Director	20-Mar-1957		Do The Right Thing
Bernie Mac	Comic	5-Oct-1957	9-Aug-2008	The Bernie Mac Show
Jason Mewes	Actor	12-Jun-1974		"Jay" to Kevin Smith's "Silent Bob"
?uestlove	Drummer	20-Jan-1971		Drummer for The Roots
Dennis Rodman	Basketball	13-May-1961		Eccentric ex-pro basketball player
Robert Rodriguez	Film Director	20-Jun-1968		El Mariachi
Cristiano Ronaldo	Soccer	5-Feb-1985		Real Madrid
Wayne Rooney	Soccer	24-Oct-1985		Striker for Manchester United
Deion Sanders	Football	9-Aug-1967		Played in both NFL and MLB
Monica Seles	Tennis	2-Dec-1973		Winner of 9 Majors
Maria Sharapova	Tennis	19-Apr-1987		Winner of 3 Grand Slam titles
Jerry Stiller	Actor	8-Jun-1927		Frank Costanza on Seinfeld
Sheryl Swoopes	Basketball	25-Mar-1971		Three-time WNBA MVP
Danny Trejo	Actor	16-May-1944		Ex-con turned character actor
Michael Vick	Football	26-Jun-1980		Football quarterback and dog fighter
Kanye West	Music Producer	8-Jun-1977		The College Dropout
Michelle Wie	Golf	11-Oct-1989		Young pro golfer
Bruce Willis	Actor	19-Mar-1955		Die Hard
Tiger Woods	Golf	30-Dec-1975		Greatest living golfer
Bernie Worrell	Musician	19-Apr-1944		Blacktronic Scientist

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