NIKE

Founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, the brand officially became Nike Inc. in 1971. Today, the Nike brand has become one of the world's largest suppliers of sports shoes and apparel, and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, sponsor of many high-profile athletes and sports teams from all around the world. NIKE, Inc. includes the brands Nike, Converse, Hurley and Jordan. The brand's mission is to expand human potential, creating revolutionary sporting innovations, making their products more sustainable, creating a creative and diversified global team and producing a positive impact in the communities in which we live and work. Over the years, Nike has sponsored the best athletes in the sports world, allowing them to use its products, promoting and advertising their technology and design. The first professional athlete sponsored by Nike was the Romanian tennis player Ilie Năstase, to which all the greatest interpreters of the world sports scene were then added. Michael Jordan, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Andre Agassi, Serena Williams, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Francesco Totti, Thierry Henry, Kobe Bryant, up to Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Lebron James, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, these are just a few of the names that have made the Swoosh brand even more famous.