Phil Knight

Chairman of Nike

Philip H. Knight -- Mr. Knight a director since 1968, is Chairman of the Board of Directors of NIKE. Mr. Knight is a co-founder of the Company and, except for the period from June 1983 through September 1984, served as its President from 1968 to 1990, and from June 2000 to 2004. Prior to 1968, Mr. Knight was a certified public accountant with Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand and was an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Portland State University. In 2021 Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny’s, $500 million contribution to the University of Oregon tied for second place on the list of th3e year's largest. The gift will be used to expand the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact and follows a $500 million donation the Knights gave to launch the science campus in 2016. The Knight Campus aims to speed up the process of transforming new scientific discoveries into medical treatments and other developments to improve people’s lives. Phil Knight, whose net worth stands at about $60 billion, earned a bachelor’s degree in business from tthe University of Oregon in 1959. The couple have given the university a total of at least $1.6 billion to date.

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Donor	Common Recipients
Michael Keiser	Judy Borg Biggert, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Gerald C Weller, Ron Wyden, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Goli Yazdi Ameri, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Linda Smith, Robert Dold, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Donald Diamond	John Bennett Johnston Jr, Bob Kerrey, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Ron Wyden, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Joseph Gonyea	Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Ron Wyden, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Molly Hering Bordonaro, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities, Goli Yazdi Ameri, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Cornilles
Kenneth J Kies	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gerald C Weller, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Impact America, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Dan Benishek, Robert Dold, Robert Cornilles, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Stephen Schwarzman	Bob Kerrey, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, ORRINPAC, Oregon Republican Party, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Les AuCoin, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Charles R Schwab	Brian P Bilbray, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Jim Renacci, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Marc Goldman	Bob Kerrey, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Dan Benishek, Robert Dold, Jim Renacci, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Paul Singer	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Mike Coffman, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Ann Marie Buerkle, Robert Dold, New Pioneers PAC, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Delford M Smith	John Bennett Johnston Jr, Earl Blumenauer, Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Furse, Bob Packwood, Michael J Kopetski, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Molly Hering Bordonaro, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities, Goli Yazdi Ameri, Mitt Romney, Les AuCoin, Scott Bruun, Robert Cornilles
Doug DeVos	Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Oregon Republican Party, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Dan Benishek, Ann Marie Buerkle, Chip Cravaack, Jim Renacci, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Shawn Smeallie	Judy Borg Biggert, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Gerald C Weller, Charles Foster Bass, Mark Odom Hatfield, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Ann Marie Buerkle, Jim Renacci, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis
Patrick G Ryan	John Bennett Johnston Jr, Judy Borg Biggert, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Dold, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Kirsten Chadwick	Brian P Bilbray, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Gerald C Weller, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Mike Coffman, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, New Pioneers PAC, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Sam Zell	Judy Borg Biggert, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Gerald C Weller, Ron Wyden, Mark Odom Hatfield, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Dan Senor	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Ann Marie Buerkle, Robert Dold, Thom Tillis, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
James F Dicke	Paul Ryan, Gordon Harold Smith, Gerald C Weller, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Jim Renacci, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Harold Schnitzer	Earl Blumenauer, Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Furse, Mark Odom Hatfield, Michael J Kopetski, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Anthony Meeker, Les AuCoin, Tom Bruggere, Norma Paulus, Scott Richard Rolf, Wyden for Oregon, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities
Gordon Sondland	Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Ron Wyden, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oregon Republican Party, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Molly Hering Bordonaro, Goli Yazdi Ameri, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Cornilles, Monica Wehby, Thom Tillis
Tom C Korologos	Orrin Hatch, Dan Lungren, Gordon Harold Smith, Greg Walden, Mark Odom Hatfield, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, ORRINPAC, Mike Coffman, Prosperity PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Cory Gardner, Thom Tillis
Greg Maffei	Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Ron Wyden, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mike Coffman, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Cory Gardner, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Robert Dold, Monica Wehby, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Feb 24 '38
Aliases	Buck Knight, Mr Philip H. Knight, Philip H Knight

Phil Knight

Chairman of Nike

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