Nike

Corporation address:
205 Bowerman
Dr. Beaverton, OR
97005-6453

Ticker Symbol: NKE

*Good Provided: football, basketball, and track/running shoes.. sport equipment.. sport clothing/gear. ect.


*Executives: Philip H. Knight, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Mark Parker, President & Chief Executive Officer, NIKE, Inc; Charlie Denson, President, NIKE Brand


*This company was selling for:$75.39 *Number of shares I've brought: 39.79

{NI-KEY} is the winged goddess of victory according to Greek mythology. She sat at the side of Zeus, the ruler of the Olympic pantheon, in Olympus. The SWOOSH logo is a graphic design created by Caroline Davidson in 1971. It represents the wing of the Greek Goddess NIKE. In spring of 1972, the first shoe with the NIKE SWOOSH was introduced. The Nike athletic machine began as a small distributing outfit located in the trunk of Phil Knight's car. By 1964, Knight had sold $8,000 worth of Tigers and placed an order for more. Coach Bowerman and Knight worked together, but ended up hiring a full-time salesman, Jeff Johnson. After cresting $1 million in sales and riding the wave of the success, Knight et. al. devised the Nike name and trademark Swoosh in 1971. By the late '70s, Blue Ribbon Sports officially became Nike and went from $10 million to $270 million in sales.