TY - BOOK AU - Knight,Philip H TI - SHOE DOG: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike SN - 9781471146725 U1 - 338.7092 23 PY - 2018///. CY - London PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Knight, Philip H., KW - Nike (Firm) KW - Businesspeople KW - Biography. KW - United States KW - Sporting goods industry KW - History KW - lcgft KW - Autobiographies N1 - First published in 2016. N2 - Fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the boot of his Plymouth, Knight grossed $8000 in his first year. Today, Nike's annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of start-ups, Nike is the one plus ultra of all start-ups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognisable symbols in the world today. But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, he tells his story. ER -