Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.

In 2006 Phil Knight donated $105 million to the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Perez was in turn replaced by Mark Parker in 2006.

and previously served as the chief executive officer of Nike. A native of Oregon he is the co-founder and chairman of Nike Inc. Philip Hampson "Phil" Knight (born February 24 1938) is an American business magnate and philanthropist.