Phil Knight was born on February 4th, 1938 in Portland Oregon. Phil Knight attended the University of Oregon and received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and later he attended Stanford graduate school of business to receive his maters degree. Knight wanted a job during high school, his father refused to give him a job where he worked; The Oregon Journal. So Knight went to the Oregonian, another local newspaper and worked the night shift reporting sports scores. He would run 7 miles everyday just to get to work. While attending the University of Oregon, Phil Knight ran track under coach Bill Bowerman, who would later co- found NIKE. Phil started off as a journalist, and later became an accountant for Prince Water House and Coopers & Lybrand.
