Phil Knight By tkahlm Feb 24, 1938 Birth of Phil Knight Birth of Nike creator May 7, 1962 Graduates from Standford Graduate School Phil Knights graduates from grad school Jan 10, 1964 Start of Nike Phil Knight creates Nike May 1, 1971 Swoosh Created Sep 10, 1982 Airforce 1 Introduced Feb 9, 1985 Air Jordans created Feb 9, 2011 Nike World Campus Created Located in Beaverton Oregon