Philip Hampson Knight

Co-Founder at Nike, Inc.

Philip Hampson Knight

Philip Hampson Knight

Co-Founder at Nike, Inc.

Overview

Career Highlights

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Nike International Ltd.
Nike, Inc.

RelSci Relationships

3368

Primary Location

Hillsboro, OR, United States

Number of Boards

5

Birthday

02/24/1938 - Portland, OR, United States

Age

82

Number of Awards

27

Estimated Net Worth

$26.2B

Relationships

View Relationship Details

RelSci Relationships are individuals Philip Hampson Knight likely has professional access to. A relationship does not necessarily indicate a personal connection.

Mark Parker

Former President & Chief Executive Officer at Nike, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

John J. Donahoe II

Director, President & Chief Executive Officer at Nike, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Alan B. Graf, Jr.

Fiduciary Director at Indiana University Foundation

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Travis A. Knight

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Laika LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Thomas Clarke

President, Innovation at Nike, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Tim Cook

Chief Executive Officer at Apple, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Phyllis M. Wise

Professor at University of Illinois

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Penelope Parks Knight

Former Director & Vice President at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Relationship likelihood: Strong

John G. Connors

Managing Partner at Ignition Venture Partners LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Beth Comstock

Advisor at Girlboss Media, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Reveal deeper insights into your organization's relationships
with RelSci Contact Aggregator.

Empower Your Business Applications with Industry-Leading
Relationship Data from the RelSci API.

Get Contact Information on the
World's Most Influential Decision Makers.

Discover the Power of Your Network with
RelSci Premium Products.

In The News

Business Insider

January 5, 2021

Jeff Bezos giving $10 billion to fight climate change in February was the single largest donation of 2020

Philanthropy News Digest

January 5, 2021

Bezos's $10 billion tops 2020 Chronicle list of biggest gifts

New York Observer

January 5, 2021

Billionaires Made Record Profit, Donated Record Lows in 2020-$0 From Elon Musk

The New York Times

January 5, 2021

The Boston Globe

January 5, 2021

Bezos tops list of richest charitable gifts in '20

Paths to Philip Hampson Knight

Potential Connections via
Relationship Science

You

Philip Hampson Knight

Co-Founder at Nike, Inc.

Family Members

Child

Travis A. Knight

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Laika LLC

Laika LLC is an American private company located in Hillsboro, OR. The firm engages in producing and distributing animated movies. Travis A. Knight is the current CEO, occupying that position since 2003.The company says this about itself: Fueled by the vision of its President & CEO Travis Knight, the animation studio LAIKA was founded in 2005. Located just outside of Portland, Oregon, LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar® plaque in 2016 for its innovation in 3D printing. All of LAIKA’s five films: Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Missing Link (2019) were nominated for the Academy Award® for Outstanding Animated Feature. Kubo and the Two Strings also won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film and received an additional Oscar® nomination for Visual Effects. Missing Link was awarded the Golden Globe® as Best Animated Film.

Spouse

Penelope Parks Knight

Former Director & Vice President at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Founded in 1950, the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation is a private foundation located in Miami, Florida. The foundation promotes advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. The foundation focuses on projects that promote informed, engaged communities and lead to transformational change. The foundation is independent of the Knight brothers' newspaper enterprises.

Cousin

Douglas G. Houser

Senior Partner at Bullivant Houser Bailey PC

Education

MBA

Class of 1962

Stanford University - Stanford Graduate School of Business

The Stanford Graduate School of Business has built an international reputation based on its innovative programs, which include: Two-year MBA Program, designed to educate business leaders One-year Stanford Sloan Master’s Program for mid-career executives PhD Program for future academics Executive Education programs for experienced managers Faculty research program Academic programs, including the two-year MBA, the 12-month Sloan Master's Program, and the PhD program, create a transformational student experience that reflects the tagline: Change lives. Change organizations. Change the world. Today the state-of-the-art Knight Management Center complex enables Stanford's innovative, globalized MBA curriculum, offering flexible classroom spaces for hands-on experiential learning small-group leadership labs, and team-based learning. It engages faculty and students across Stanford University, as well as alumni, global executives, and the broader world community.

Journalism

Class of 1959

University of Oregon

The University of Oregon, founded in 1876, is the state’s flagship institution. Located in Eugene, an energetic college town, the university offers academic excellence and hands-on learning opportunities in a welcoming atmosphere. Towering trees shade the 295-acre campus, where students, faculty members, and employees from a wide variety of backgrounds share a commitment to preserving the environment and pursuing innovation in more than 200 academic programs that range from Eugene to Portland and from the coast to the mountains.

Attendee

Cleveland High School

Memberships

Member

2015 - Current

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs. With a current membership of 4,000 American Fellows and 600 Foreign Honorary Members, the Academy has four major goals: Promoting service and study through analysis of critical social and intellectual issues and the development of practical policy alternatives; Fostering public engagement and the exchange of ideas with meetings, conferences, and symposia bringing diverse perspectives to the examination of issues of common concern; Mentoring a new generation of scholars and thinkers through the Visiting Scholars Program and Hellman Fellowship Program; Honoring excellence by electing to membership men and women in a broad range of disciplines and professions. Click here to learn about our new members. The Academy's headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With its geographically diverse membership, it conducts activities in this country and abroad

Member

The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Inc.

The international fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta (also known as FIJI) is one of the largest Greek-letter social fraternity in North America with more than 120 active chapters and 18 colonies across the United States and Canada.The organization was founded on April 22, 1848, at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

Career History

Co-Founder

1964 - Current

Nike, Inc.

NIKE, Inc. engages in the design, development, marketing, and sale of athletic footwear, apparel, accessories, equipment, and services. It operates through the following segments: North America; Europe, Middle East & Africa; Greater China; Asia Pacific & Latin America; Global Brand Divisions; Converse; and Corporate. The North America; Europe, Middle East & Africa; Greater China; and Asia Pacific & Latin America segments refers to the design, development, marketing, and selling of athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment. The Global Brand Divisions represents NIKE Brand licensing businesses. The Converse segment designs, markets, licenses, and sells casual sneakers, apparel, and accessories. The Corporate segment consists of unallocated general and administrative expenses. The company was founded by William Jay Bowerman and Philip H. Knight on January 25, 1964 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Founder

2015 - ?

Swoosh LLC

Chief Executive Officer

Prior

Nike International Ltd.

Boards & Committees

Member, Board of Directors

Prior - 2014

The V Foundation

TO PUT AN END TO CANCER.

Member, Board of Directors

Prior

US-ASEAN Business Council, Inc.

The US-ASEAN Business Council (also known as "the Council" or "USABC") is an advocacy organization that aims to foster economic growth and trade ties between the United States and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s ten member countries. It is the only U.S.-based organization enshrined in the ASEAN charter. Based in Washington, DC, the Council has branch offices in New York, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The 29 year-old Council represents nearly 130 of the largest U.S. corporations, including Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, General Electric, Intel, UPS, FedEx and Google.

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

Learn how non-profit organizations benefit from RelSci

$2M +

2018

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution provides research and policy solutions. Its activities are carried out through four research programs: economic studies, foreign policy studies, governance studies and metropolitan policy. The company also deals through the Brookings Center for Executive Education and the Brookings Institution Press. The Brookings Institution was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

$100K - $250K

2017

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution provides research and policy solutions. Its activities are carried out through four research programs: economic studies, foreign policy studies, governance studies and metropolitan policy. The company also deals through the Brookings Center for Executive Education and the Brookings Institution Press. The Brookings Institution was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

$400M

2016

Stanford University

Stanford University, located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is one of the world's leading teaching and research universities. Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has been dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.

Political Donations

$100K

2018

Cory Gardner

Former Senator at Office of the Senator from Colorado, Cory Gardner

$500K

2017

Knute Buehler

$38.6K

2015

Orrin Grant Hatch

Former Senator from Utah

Public Holdings

Restricted data only for RelSci Professional users.

Awards & Honors

2020

University of Oregon

Rank #28

2017

Forbes Magazine - The World's Billionaires

Rank #20

2017

Hurun - Global Rich List

Events

Attendee

2013 Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference

The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is an annual conference hosted and wholly independently funded by private investment firm Allen & Company. The conference has taken place in Sun Valley, Idaho for one week each July since 1983. The conference typically features business leaders, political figures, and major figures in the philanthropic and cultural spheres.

Attendee

Sun Valley, ID, United States

2012 Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference

The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is an annual conference hosted and wholly independently funded by private investment firm Allen & Company. The conference has taken place in Sun Valley, Idaho for one week each July since 1983. The conference typically features business leaders, political figures, and major figures in the philanthropic and cultural spheres.

Attendee

Sun Valley, ID, United States

2011 Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference

The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is an annual conference hosted and wholly independently funded by private investment firm Allen & Company. The conference has taken place in Sun Valley, Idaho for one week each July since 1983. The conference typically features business leaders, political figures, and major figures in the philanthropic and cultural spheres. Previous conference guests have included Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren and Susan Buffett, Tony Blair, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Allen alumni and former Philippine Senator Mar Roxas, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch, eBay CEO Meg Whitman, BET founder Robert Johnson, Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons, NBA player LeBron James, entertainer Dan Chan, Katharine Graham of The Washington Post, Diane Sawyer, InterActiveCorp Chairman Barry Diller, Linkedin co-founder Reid Hoffman, and Washington Post CEO Donald E. Graham.

Other Affiliations

Philip Hampson Knight is affiliated with Nike, Inc., Swoosh LLC, Nike International Ltd., John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Portland State University, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Coopers and Lybrand LLP, Oregon Daily Emerald, US Army Reserve, The V Foundation, US-ASEAN Business Council, Inc.

Stay informed and up-to-date on your network with RelSci news and business alerting service. Nurture your network and further your business goals with smart intelligence on the people and companies that matter most to you.

Browse in-depth profiles on 12 million influential people and organizations. Find RelSci relationships, employment history, board memberships, donations, awards, and more.

Explore notable alumni from top universities and organizations. Expand your fundraising pool and make warm introductions to potential new business connections.

Harness the power of your relationships with RelSci Pro, the powerful platform for identifying relationship-driven business opportunities and connections that can propel your career forward.

Stay informed and up-to-date on your network with RelSci news and business alerting service. Nurture your network and further your business goals with smart intelligence on the people and companies that matter most to you.

Browse in-depth profiles on 12 million influential people and organizations. Find RelSci relationships, employment history, board memberships, donations, awards, and more.

Explore notable alumni from top universities and organizations. Expand your fundraising pool and make warm introductions to potential new business connections.

Harness the power of your relationships with RelSci Pro, the powerful platform for identifying relationship-driven business opportunities and connections that can propel your career forward.

This web site is not endorsed by, directly affiliated with, maintained, authorized, or sponsored by Philip Hampson Knight. The use of any trade name or trademark is for identification and reference purposes only and does not imply any association with the trademark holder. The Presence of Philip Hampson Knight's profile does not indicate a business or promotional relationship of any kind between RelSci and Philip Hampson Knight.