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Nike, Inc.[ note 1 ] (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States. [ 5 ] It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$46 billion in its fiscal year 2022. [ 6 ][ 7 ]
Nike World Headquarters. / 45.51056°N 122.83194°W / 45.51056; -122.83194. The Nike Worldwide Headquarters is the global headquarters for Nike, Inc., located in an unincorporated area of Washington County near Beaverton, Oregon, in the United States. The campus has more than 75 buildings on 286 acres, as of 2018.
Phil Knight. Philip Hampson Knight (born February 24, 1938) is an American billionaire business magnate who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. [ 1]
978-1-4711-4672-5. Shoe Dog[ 2] is a memoir by Nike co-founder Phil Knight. [ 3] The memoir chronicles the history of Nike from its founding as Blue Ribbon Sports and its early challenges to its evolution into one of the world's most recognized and profitable companies. It also highlights certain parts of Phil Knight's life.
Bill Bowerman. 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. [ 2]
BookRenter started the first online textbook rental service in 2006. Colin Barceloux founded the company as a startup in Silicon Valley after raising funds from Storm Ventures and Adams Capital. [ 1][ 2] The idea behind BookRenter came from the frustration associated with buying high-cost textbooks when the founder, Barceloux attended Santa ...
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels approximately 800,806 years into the future. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and ...
Online book rental is a service wherein users rent books via the internet. Users browse books online and have their choices home-delivered, rather than physically visiting a library to borrow a book. This e-commerce model is comparable to the video rental service provided Netflix . In 2009, online book rental was gaining popularity in India ...