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William Jay Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. [1] Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute milers.
Today, it has become one of the most recognizable brand logos in the world, and the most valuable, having a worth of $26 billion alone. [1] [2] Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS). [3]
Asics relaunched Onitsuka Tiger in 2002, capitalizing on the trend of vintage sneakers. In 2003, Uma Thurman wore gold-colored Onitsuka Taichi sneakers with black stripes with her yellow outfit in the movie Kill Bill. [5] By 2007, the brand had opened 23 standalone stores. [3] In 2008, Onitsuka Tiger launched a premium series, Nippon Made. [10]
As of July 2021, Knight has a net worth of $60.8 billion. [38] In 1990, Knight founded the Philip H. Knight Charitable Foundation Trust. [ 39 ] As of 2016, according to Portland Business Journal , "Knight is the most generous philanthropist in Oregon history.
The Nike Cortez was created by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. The men first met in 1957: Bowerman was the track and field coach at the University of Oregon , and Knight competed on Bowerman's team. The two friends became business partners soon after Knight bought the distribution rights of Onitsuka Tiger brand athletic shoes from Japan for the USA.
If you can find it in a fairly solid condition, this $100 is worth around $120 to $150 in today’s dollars. Choice graded examples could be worth north of $300, per eBay sold listings as of Sept. 17.
Gates has a net worth of $126.7 billion, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires net worth list. In 2006, he began spending less time with Microsoft and more time working on charitable pursuits.
To the annoyance of US team coach Bill Bowerman, he got married two weeks before the Games, and his new bride, Jan, traveled with him to Munich and stayed outside of the Olympic Village. [ 8 ] In the 800 meters final at the Olympics, Wottle immediately dropped to the rear of the field, and stayed there for the first 500 m, at which point he ...