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Phil Knight

1938 - Today

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Philip Hampson Knight (born February 24, 1938) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. As of December 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at $35.1 billion. He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Knight has received more than 8,337,923 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Phil Knight is the 139th most popular businessperson (up from 164th in 2019), the 1,517th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,828th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Phil Knight ranks 139 out of 847. Before him are Armand Peugeot, Larry Flynt, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Massimo Moratti, Lee Kun-hee, and Alisher Usmanov. After him are Elizabeth Arden, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Masayoshi Son, Asa Griggs Candler, Giovanni Battista Caproni, and John D. Rockefeller Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Phil Knight ranks 92. Before him are Leonardo Boff, Roland Topor, J. J. Cale, Ricardo Lagos, Nabih Berri, and Ryōji Noyori. After him are Giuliano Amato, Juliet Anderson, Frank Langella, Eddie Cochran, Georg Baselitz, and Fela Kuti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phil Knight ranks 1,517 out of 20,380. Before him are Elias James Corey (1928), James Brolin (1940), Phil Jackson (1945), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Nicholas Ray (1911), and Debbie Harry (1945). After him are Creighton Abrams (1914), Paul Lauterbur (1929), James Brendan Connolly (1868), Viola Davis (1965), Lionel Stander (1908), and Grace Zabriskie (1941).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Phil Knight ranks 45. Before him are William Randolph Hearst (1863), William Boeing (1881), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Sam Walton (1918), Margaret Hamilton (1936), and Larry Flynt (1942). After him are Asa Griggs Candler (1851), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Lee Iacocca (1924), Henry Ford II (1917), Malcolm Glazer (1928), and Johnny Kitagawa (1931).

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