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Phil Knight

Born: Feb. 24, 1938
Founder and chairman of Nike, Inc., the multi-billion dollar shoe and fitness company founded in 1972 and based in Beaverton, Ore.

; named “The Most Powerful Man in Sports” by The Sporting News in 1992.

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