Phil Knight

**Philip Hampson Knight** (An haife shi ranar 24 ga watan Fabrairu, 1938) a Portland Oregon, Amurka. wanda aka fi sani da **Phil Knight**. Dan kasuwa ne, mai zuba jari, da mai bayar da gudummawa ga al'umma, wanda ya kafa kamfanin Nike, Inc., kuma ya kasance shugaban kamfanin har zuwa ritayarsa.  A halin yanzu, yana da kuɗi da aka kiyasta fiye da dala biliyan 30. 

## Farkon Rayuwa da Ilimi
Phil Knight ya girma a unguwar Eastmoreland a Portland.  Ya halarci Cleveland High School, sannan ya ci gaba da karatu a Jami'ar Oregon, inda ya yi digiri a fannin kasuwanci (BBA) a cikin shekaru uku kacal.  A lokacin yana jami'a, ya kasance ɗan wasan gudu a ƙarƙashin horon Bill Bowerman, wanda daga baya suka kafa Nike tare.  Bayan kammala jami'a, Knight ya yi hidima a rundunar sojan Amurka na tsawon shekara guda, sannan ya shiga Stanford Graduate School of Business, inda ya samu digiri na MBA a shekarar 1962. 

A lokacin da yake a Stanford, Knight ya rubuta wata takarda mai taken "Za su iya takalman wasanni na Japan su yi nasara akan na Jamus?", wanda ya zama tushen ra'ayinsa na kafa kamfani.  A cikin tafiyarsa ta duniya bayan kammala karatu, ya ziyarci Kobe, Japan, inda ya haɗu da kamfanin Onitsuka Co. (yanzu Asics) kuma ya fara shigo da takalmansu zuwa Amurka. 

## Ayyuka da Sana'a
A ranar 25 ga Janairu, 1964, Knight tare da Bowerman suka kafa Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS), wanda daga baya ya zama Nike, Inc. a shekarar 1971.  Sunan "Nike" ya samo asali ne daga sunan wata allahiyar nasara ta Girka.  Alamar kamfanin, wato "Swoosh", an ƙirƙira ta ne a shekarar 1971 ta ɗalibar ƙira mai suna Carolyn Davidson, wadda aka biya $35 a lokacin. 

### Kamfani
Knight ya jagoranci Nike daga farkon kafuwarsa har zuwa ritayarsa a matsayin Shugaba a shekarar 2004, sannan ya ci gaba da zama Shugaban Hukumar Kamfanin har zuwa 2016.  A lokacin shugabancinsa, Nike ta zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin kayan wasanni a duniya, tare da haɗin gwiwa da fitattun 'yan wasa kamar Michael Jordan da Tiger Woods. 

### Gudummawa da Ayyukan Al'umma
Knight ya bayar da gudummawa mai yawa ga Jami'ar Oregon, inda ya ba da fiye da dala biliyan 1 don tallafawa ayyukan wasanni da ilimi.  Haka kuma, ya kafa kamfanin Laika, wani kamfani mai ƙera fina-finai ta hanyar fasahar motsi (stop-motion), wanda ɗansa Travis Knight ke jagoranta. 

## Mutuwa
A shekarar 2002, ɗansa Matthew Knight ya rasu a wani hatsari yayin shakatawa a El Salvador.  Don tunawa da shi, an gina Matthew Knight Arena a Jami'ar Oregon.  Knight ya rubuta tarihin rayuwarsa a cikin littafin Shoe Dog, wanda aka wallafa a shekarar 2016, inda ya bayyana tarihin kafa Nike da kalubalen da suka fuskanta. 

## Manazarta
 
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"Phil Knight & family". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

"Forbes 400: Phil Knight". Forbes. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2018.

Rogoway, Mike. "Phil and Penny Knight's charitable contributions top $2 billion". *The Oregonian*. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.