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Nike, Inc. (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States. It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$46 billion in its fiscal year 2022.
Philip Hampson Knight (born February 24, 1938) is an American billionaire business magnate who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. [1] As of December 2023, Forbes estimated his net worth at $45.0 billion.
The Nike Cortez is the first track shoe released by Nike in 1972, and is therefore thought to be a significant aspect to the success of the company. The Nike Cortez was first designed by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman, [2] aiming to produce a comfortable and durable running shoe for distance training and road running.
The Nike Oregon Project was a group created by the American corporation Nike, established in Beaverton, Oregon in 2001. The team folded on October 10, 2019 after an investigation resulted in a four-year ban of longtime coach Alberto Salazar.
The team, named the Department of Nike Archives (DNA), collects and catalogs items from Olympic memorabilia to more than 200,000 pairs of shoes—including the very first Air Max sneakers.
Project Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953.
Nike on Thursday shared a sneak peek of its track and field uniforms for the 2024 Paris Olympics which have been the talk of social media — but maybe not for the reasons Nike wants.
Nike revealed the Team USA track and field kits for the 2024 Olympics on Thursday. They weren't well received. One picture of the women's kit in particular fomented a fierce backlash from female ...
Nike Hercules guidance schematic, surface-to-air mode. IFC radars. Left: acquisition radar (LOPAR), three spherical antennae: tracking radars. Just behind the right two tracking radars the two vans for housing computer and tracking equipment and the operating consoles for the operators (crew of 9).
Nike become the apparel sponsor of Manchester United until 2010. Nike SB, Nike's Skateboarding line, debuts. Introduction of the first Nike golf clubs. 2003. Nike acquires once-bankrupt rival Converse for $305 million on July 9. For the first time in the company's history, international sales exceed USA sales.