# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-knight
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:26:45.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-knight"
name: "Phil Knight"
slug: "phil-knight"
description: "Philip Hampson Knight is an American billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports footwear, equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. As of October 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$35.4 billion. He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika. Knight is a graduate of the University of Oregon and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was part of the track and field club under coach Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon with whom he would later co-found Nike."
tagline: "American billionaire and co-founder of Nike"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philknightfootball.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1938-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6802695407614339
  historical:           23.836988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 181
platforms:
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    url:       "http://nikeinc.com"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ဖီးလ် နိုက်တ်"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phil Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philip H. Knight"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump