Knight is the chairman and co-founder of Nike, the world's largest athletic shoe and apparel manufacturer. The company operates more than 700 stores in 170 countries around the world, and had more than $22.6 billion in revenue in 2011. Founded in 1964, Nike's large portfolio of brands today includes Cole Haan, Converse, Hurley, Jordan and Umbro.
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If anyone can relate to Jason Collins, it’s Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts, a former National Basketball Association chief marketing officer who says the first openly gay male athlete in a major U.S. team sport can cash in by coming out.
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By the time former Phoenix Suns executive Rick Welts’s I-am-gay announcement appeared on the front page of the May 15, 2011, New York Times, he already had revealed his secret to friends, co-workers and business associates.
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Tiger Woods’s quest for his fifth Masters Tournament title began with two errant shots that struck fans and ended with a 2-under-par 70 that left him four shots off the lead.
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Tiger Woods’s quest for his fifth Masters Tournament title began with two errant shots that struck fans and ended with a 2-under-par 70 that left him four shots off the lead.
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The 100 wealthiest people on the planet dropped $15.2 billion from their collective net worth this week as Cyprus struggled to ward off a financial collapse.
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Bloomberg Markets’ inaugural list of the world’s richest people showcases the billionaires who pull the levers on the global economy. Their net worth totals $2.7 trillion, about the size of the gross domestic product of France, the fifth-biggest economy on the planet.
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The president of the University of Oregon, the state’s largest school with more than 24,000 students, was ousted amid conflicts with Governor John Kitzhaber on budget cuts and leadership.
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Stanford University raised $6.2 billion, the most ever for any university, in a five-year campaign that concluded Dec. 31.
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Viktor Vekselberg is now the richest man in Russia.
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Stanford University and Harvard University, the top fundraisers among U.S. colleges, saw donations decline in fiscal 2010 as a recovering stock market failed to instill donors with confidence.
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