What is Nike, Inc.?
[[File:1998HiTopSyracuseDunks.jpg|thumb|right|Nike shoes]] [[File:Logo NIKE.svg|right|200x200px]] '''Nike, Incorporated''' is a [[company]] formed in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nike.com/|title=Nike. Just Do It|website=Nike.com}}</ref> It is based near [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], [[Oregon]]. Nike is the world’s biggest [[Trademark|brand]] of [[sport]]s [[shoe]]s, [[clothing|clothes]] and [[wikt:equipment|equipment]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://seekingalpha.com/article/2685425-nike-goddess-of-victory-unstoppable-growth-business | title=Stock Market Insights &#124; Seeking Alpha }}</ref> Nike has approximately 62,600 [[Employee|employees]] worldwide as of 2015. Their [[net income]] is $2.7 billion and their [[revenue]] is $27.8 billion. ==History== The company was founded on 25 January 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whenwasitinvented.org/when-was-nike-founded/|title=When was Nike founded? – When was it invented?|website=www.whenwasitinvented.org}}</ref> Nike was named Blue Ribbon Sports at first ( it changed to Nike in 1971). The original [[founder]]s of Nike are [[Bill Bowerman]] and [[Philip Knight]]. The company is named after [[Nike (goddess)|Nike]], the [[greek mythology|Greek goddess]] of victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.surfstitch.com/brand/nike|title = About: Nike Brand|first =|last =|website = SurfStitch Nike|publisher =|accessdate = 30 March 2016}}</ref> ==Products== Nike sells its products under its own name as well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Nike+, [[Air Jordan]], and Team Starter. Nike also owns the brands [[Bauer]], [[Cole Haan]], Hurley International, and [[Converse]]. ''Nike, Incorporated'' also funds certain sports events such as the [[FIFA World Cup 2014]]. == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.nike.com Corporate website] [[Category:1964 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:American clothing companies]] [[Category:Shoe companies|*]] [[Category:Companies based in Oregon]]