History Of Nike

Just Learned about the history of Nike, i was suprised to know that Nike is a greek mythology God who is the Goddess of Victory. Nike was Co founded by Bill Bowerman & Phil Knight. Portland Oregon is the homeland of Nike where it all begin...Nike plays a major role in sports and fitness, basketball,football,soccer,tennis, track & field. Nike continues to seek new and innovative ways to develop superior athletic products, and creative methods to communicate directly with our consumers.Bill Bowerman was a nationally respected track and field coach at the University of Oregon, who was constantly seeking ways to give his athletes a competitive advantage. He experimented with different track surfaces, re-hydration drinks and most importantly innovations in running shoes. Phil Knight was a talented middle-distance runner from Portland, who enrolled at Oregon in the fall of 1955 and competed for Bowerman’s track program. Upon graduating from Oregon,he earned his MBA in finance from Stanford University, where he wrote a paper that proposed quality running shoes could be manufactured in Japan that would compete with more established German brands. But his letters to manufacturers in Japan and Asia went unanswered, so Knight took a chance. After that they made history! Im very glad to apart of this company hopefully i can help this company grow and be the employee i could be....