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Tycoons: Philip Knight
Nike, Portland, Oregon. Philip Knight revolutionized the sport clothing industry beginning in 1964 when his company, Blue Ribbon Sports, imported Tiger shoes from Japan and sold them to local track athletes. His company was then turning over $8,000. a year. Now Nike spends more than $20 million annually on advertising alone.Release
1993
Minutes
47
Grade Level
S-G
Format
DVD
Nike, Portland, Oregon. Philip Knight revolutionized the sport clothing industry beginning in 1964 when his company, Blue Ribbon Sports, imported Tiger shoes from Japan and sold them to local track athletes. His company was then turning over $8,000. a year. Now Nike spends more than $20 million annually on advertising alone.
This film is part of a series. The series title and other films in this series are listed below.
Tycoons: A 13 Part Series
- Tycoons: Anita Roddick
- Tycoons: Dr. Ivo Pitanguy
- Tycoons: Dr. Stanely Ho
- Tycoons: Gordon Wu
- Tycoons: Karl Lagerfeld
- Tycoons: Lars-erik Magnusson
- Tycoons: Malcolm Forbes
- Tycoons: Niki Lauda
- Tycoons: Philip Knight
- Tycoons: Richard Branson
- Tycoons: Robert & Georgette Mosbacher
- Tycoons: Robert Mondavi
- Tycoons: Wolfgang Joop
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