TRAVIS KNIGHT JOINS NIKE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and its Chairman, Phil Knight, today announced actions that will provide long-term stability in the ownership and governance of the company including transfer of ownership of Phil Knight’s shares to a Limited Liability Company.
Concurrent with today’s announcement, Knight and the NIKE Board of Directors also announced the start of a succession planning process that will conclude in the appointment of NIKE’s next Chairman. Knight has informed the NIKE Board of Directors of his recommendation to have Mark Parker, NIKE’s President and Chief Executive Officer since 2006, succeed him as Chairman. Further, the Company also named Travis Knight as the newest member of NIKE’s Board of Directors.