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Under Armour was founded on September 25, 1996, by Kevin Plank, a then-24 year old former special teams captain of the University of Maryland football team. Plank initially began the business from his grandmother's basement in Washington, D.C. [4] He spent his time traveling along the East Coast with nothing but apparel in the trunk of his car.
Kevin Plank. Kevin Audette Plank (born August 13, 1972 [1]) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Plank is the founder and executive chairman of Under Armour, a manufacturer of sportswear, footwear and accessories, based in Baltimore, Maryland. He served as CEO from its founding until 2020 and will be returning as CEO as of ...
September 10, 2024 at 2:03 PM. Shares of Under Armour (NYSE: UA) slumped 9.6% on Tuesday as of 12:17 p.m. ET. The athletic apparel and shoe company has had a tough few years, as growth stalled out ...
The Under Armour High School All-America Game is a high school football all-star game typically held in early January in the U.S. state of Florida created to spotlight the nation’s top high school seniors. The game was first played on January 5, 2008, and has been played annually at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida or at Camping ...
Patrik Frisk (born 1962/1963) is a Swedish/American businessman in the apparel industry. [3] From 2020 to 2022, he was the president and CEO of Under Armour, when he succeeded the company's founder, Kevin Plank. [2] He was previously president and chief operating officer of the company since 2017. [3][4] Frisk has worked for 30 years in retail ...
The product allowance amount that Under Armour provides USC with started at $4 million from 2016-17 and has increased by $100,000 annually. That number will reach $4.9 million in 2025-26.
Champion (also stylized as Champion U.S.A.) is a brand of clothing, specializing in sportswear owned and marketed by American apparel company Hanesbrands (based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina), which was spun off by the Sara Lee Corporation in 2006. The company was originally based in Rochester, New York, prior to its acquisition by Sara Lee ...
The Under Armour High School All-America Baseball Game is a high school baseball all-star game held annually to spotlight the United States ' top high school players who are juniors or seniors. The game is played in late July or August, at Wrigley Field in Chicago . Since 2008 and through the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, 318 of the 361 ...