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Phil Knight

1938 - Today

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Philip Hampson Knight (born February 24, 1938) is an American billionaire business magnate 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 2023, Forbes estimated his net worth at $45.0 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 7,910,648 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Phil Knight is the 164th most popular businessperson (down from 145th in 2019), the 1,829th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,784th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 7.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Phil Knight ranks 164 out of 601. Before him are Eric Schmidt, Basil Zaharoff, Melinda Gates, Lady Bird Johnson, Charles Simonyi, and Masayoshi Son. After him are Karl Albrecht, Stanley Ho, Torakusu Yamaha, Tomáš Baťa, Steve Chen, and Fusajiro Yamauchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Phil Knight ranks 100. Before him are Juliet Anderson, Josef Koudelka, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Leonardo Boff, Karin Dor, and Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria. After him are Bill Withers, Larry Scott, Ed Lauter, Jean-Claude Mézières, Tereza Kesovija, and Ted Turner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phil Knight ranks 1,829 out of 18,182. Before him are Marion Ramsey (1947), George Smith (1941), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Nathan Rosen (1909), Antony Blinken (1962), and Eddie Constantine (1913). After him are Tobe Hooper (1943), Frances Conroy (1953), Dorothy Parker (1893), Gary Ridgway (1949), George Roy Hill (1921), and Bess Truman (1885).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Phil Knight ranks 60. Before him are Christina Onassis (1950), William C. Durant (1861), John Sculley (1939), Eric Schmidt (1955), Melinda Gates (1964), and Lady Bird Johnson (1912). After him are Malcolm Glazer (1928), Edsel Ford (1893), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Jack Daniel (1850), Thomas J. Watson (1874), and Ted Turner (1938).

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