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Corporal According to the Night Foundation, co -founder, Phil Knight, is donating $ 2 billion to the Night Cancer Institute of the Oregon Health and Sciences University, the largest donation to the American University, College or Health Organization.
The Foundation said Thursday that the gift would be used to change the scientific approach to cancer treatment, research and patient care results.
As part of the gift, Nights will contribute to the cancer research pioneer Dr. Brian Droker.
A decade ago, Droker and Ohsu had challenged the collecting 500 million Million for cancer research, and Nights signed to raise the dollar for the dollar.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to invest in the next phase of cancer research, diagnosis, treatment, care, and a day -long revolutionary vision,” said Phil and Penny Knight. “We can't be too excited about humanity's ability to change this task.”
Phil and Penny Knight with Dr. Brian Droker of the Ohsu Knight Cancer Institute.
Courtesy OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.
Knight's fortune is with his success, which the company founded in 1964.
In fact, the business started with humility, the business started with humility, Knight sold shoes from the trunk of his car, when he told his 2016 memory in “Shoe Dog”.
Naik went publicly in December 1980 and became the most dominant snack brand, which contributed with some of the game players.
In the night of the public company, from its IPO to the retirement of June 2016, Nike's shares increased by about 30,500 percent.
Although the Nikest stocks are painful for a few years, which is less than 50 % less than its peak at the end of 2021, it is the most valuable public company in athletic shoes, worth more than $ 110 billion.
Nights are regularly found on the list of high -ranking gentlemen. In May, Time Magazine gave his lifetime estimate $ 3.6 billion, including $ 370 million in gifts in just 2024.
According to the latest tax documents of the Night Foundation, the Foundation conducted assets worth more than $ 5 billion at the end of 2023.
“I wanted to create something that was my own, which I could point to him, Knight said in his 2016 memoir: I made it. It was the only way I saw to make life meaningful,” said Knight. “Knight said in his 2016 memory.
Correction: The headline of this story has been updated to correct that Phil Knight is donating to the Night Cancer Institute of Oregon Health and Sciences. The previous version misunderstood the company.
