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Shoe Dog

By Phil Knight

A Memoir by the Creator of Nike. Scribner, 2016.

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Shoe Dog

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Nike’s never-before-told tale direct from its co-founder, the reclusive Phil Knight, who discloses the ups and downs he faced going from broke business-school graduate to billion-dollar success story.

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Who should read Shoe Dog

Entrepreneurs and businesspeople • athletes • sports historians • Nike fans • anyone interested in an underdog’s rise to success

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Phil Knight is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Nike. He served as the company’s CEO for forty years, and later as board chairman. Knight was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame for his Special Contribution to Sports in Oregon. In 2020, Forbes named him the twenty-fourth richest person in the world.

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