Who is Nike owned by now?

Nike is a publicly traded company. It doesn't have a single owner, although co-founder Phil Knight is by far the largest shareholder, holding about a third of the stock. Millions of people around the world own Nike stock both directly and indirectly through exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles.

Is the owner of Nike a billionaire?

Nike co-founder Phil Knight is a billionaire. Most of his wealth is connected to Nike, and his stake in the sportswear giant is worth roughly $45 billion.

Does Nike own Adidas?

No, Nike does not own Adidas. The two companies are competitors -- archrivals even -- and have been two of the leading sportswear brands for more than a generation. They compete in basketball, running, soccer, and beyond, as well as in streetwear and apparel.

Can I invest in Nike?

Yes, Nike is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. Anyone can buy or sell its stock.

Who Owns Nike? List of Major Shareholders

Who Owns Nike?

By Jeremy Bowman – Updated Oct 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM EST | Fact-checked by Frank Bass

Key Points

Nike is a publicly traded company, allowing anyone to invest in it via a brokerage account.
Phil Knight is Nike's largest individual shareholder with 4.3% of shares.
Institutional investors like Vanguard and State Street hold significant passive stakes in Nike.

Nike (NKE -0.72%) is the world's foremost sports brand, and, like most large companies, who owns Nike is not such an easy question to answer.

The company has millions of investors and has gained a massive following among both investors and consumers. The Swoosh, Nike's curved logo, is synonymous with athletic footwear and apparel around the world. Over the years, Nike has sponsored such world-famous athletes as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, LeBron James, and Cristiano Ronaldo.

As a business, Nike has also been incredibly successful, dominating sports like basketball and running. It's long been a mainstay in streetwear with staying power that would make almost any other sneaker brand envious.

Nike started in 1964 as "Blue Ribbon Sports," a running shoe company founded by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman, and renamed itself Nike in 1971 after the Greek goddess of victory.

The company grew rapidly through the 1970s, went public in 1980, and continued to grow from there.

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Who is the owner of Nike?

Nike (NKE -0.72%) has been publicly traded for more than 40 years. It's a component of the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, meaning it has millions of shareholders, directly and indirectly.

However, the company has a few large shareholders, including founders and institutional investors.

The foremost among them is Phil Knight, who co-founded Nike along with Bill Bowerman. The two met on the University of Oregon track team, where Knight was a runner, and Bowerman was the coach. Bowerman was the designer in the company's early days, while the much younger Knight ran the operations. Bowerman passed on much of his stake to employees before the 1980 initial public offering (IPO), while Knight's stake grew tremendously. Keep reading to learn more about Nike's top shareholders.

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Largest Nike shareholders

Let's take a look at Nike's largest shareholders. The figures below are from Nike's July 2026 annual proxy report.

Individuals

Phil Knight: 63,294,661 shares, or 4.3% of shares outstanding. Knight is the co-founder of Nike and served as its longtime CEO, running the company from 1964 to 2004. He is Nike's largest individual shareholder and holds more of the stock through his Swoosh, LLC holding company.
Travis Knight: 9,533,940 shares, or 0.6% of shares outstanding. Travis Knight is the son of Phil Knight and a director. Knight also owns nearly 50 million shares in an irrevocable trust.
Mark Parker: 1,924,163 shares, 0.1% of shares outstanding. Parker is the current executive chairman and former CEO of Nike. Parker served as the CEO from 2006 to 2020.
Matthew Friend: 460,050 shares, less than 0.1% of shares outstanding. Friend served as CFO from 2020 to 2026, and stepped down on Aug. 16, 2026.
Elliott Hill: 225,951 shares, less than 0.1% of shares outstanding. Longtime company veteran Elliott Hill became CEO in Oct. 2024.

Institutional investors

Swoosh, LLC: 443.5 million, 30% of shares outstanding. Swoosh is the largest single shareholder of Nike stock, and it was formed to hold the majority of Phil Knight's Nike stock. It was created in 2015 when Knight announced his retirement from Nike's board.
Vanguard Group: 89.5 million, 6% of shares outstanding. Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment managers, and it has steadily accumulated a stake in Nike. However, some of those holdings are associated with exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other indirect holdings on behalf of clients.
State Street: 59.6 million shares, 4% of shares outstanding. Like Vanguard, The vast majority of these holdings are passive through index funds and ETFs.
Travis Knight 2009 Irrevocable Trust II: 49.4 million, 3.3% of shares outstanding. Travis Knight is Phil Knight's son and a member of the board of directors. Some have accused the Knights of using the trust to dodge taxes, as it currently holds about $1 billion in Nike stock.

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Board of directors

Nike has a large board with 11 members. They are:

Tim Cook: The longtime Apple (AAPL +0.91%) CEO who recently stepped down has been a director at Nike since 2005. Cook is highly regarded in the business world and rose through Apple's operations ranks to become its leader. Cook owns 130,480 shares of Nike stock.
Thasunda Duckett has served on the Nike board since 2019 and is currently the CEO of TIAA, also known as Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America. She was previously the CEO of Chase Consumer Banking at JPMorgan Chase (JPM -0.51%). Duckett owns 13,589 shares of Nike stock.
Monica Gil is one of the newest board members, having joined the board in 2022. Gil is currently the chief administrative and marketing officer at NBCUniversal Telemundo. Gil owns 8,893 shares in Nike stock as of July 2026.
Maria Henry has served on the board since 2023 and is the former CFO of Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB), another consumer products company. Henry was also CFO of the Hillshire Brand Company. She owns 8,767 shares of Nike stock.
Peter Henry has been a Nike board member since 2017 and was the dean of New York University's Stern School of Business for several years. Henry owns 11,099 shares of Nike.
Travis Knight is the son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight and the CEO of the animation studio Laika. Knight is one of Nike's biggest shareholders, given his trust. He also owns 9.5 million shares of the company's stock and has been on the board since 2015.
Mark Parker, executive chairman of Nike, has been on the board since 2006. The CEO of Nike for 14 years, he owns 1.9 million shares of stock.
Jorgen Vig Knudstrop is the former CEO and Executive Chairman of the LEGO Group. He has been a Nike director since 2025, and own 21,388 shares
Michelle Peluso has been a board member since 2014. Peluso is the CEO of Revlon Group and previously served as the CEO of Gilt Groupe. She owns 32,814 shares of Nike.
Elliott Hill is the current CEO of Nike, having come out of retirement for the position in Oct. 2024. He was a longtime executive at the company previously. Hill owns 225,951 shares of Nike.
Robert Swan is an operating partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and the former CEO of Intel (INTC +0.55%). Swan has been on the Nike board since 2022 and owns 55,558 shares of Nike stock.

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How to invest in Nike

Nike has been publicly traded for more than 40 years. Anyone can invest in the stock if they want to. All you need is a brokerage account. If you don't have one, you can open one up with a brokerage like Charles Schwab (SCHW -1.26%), Fidelity, Robinhood (HOOD -2.22%), or E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley.

At the time of writing, a share of Nike costs less than $50, so it's relatively affordable. However, if you'd like to buy less than that, you can buy fractional shares through most brokerages.

Once you've decided to buy the stock, all you need to do is decide how much you want to invest and hit the buy button. Typically, it's a good idea to limit new investments to 10% or less of your portfolio value to remain adequately diversified, even for a blue chip stock like Nike.

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About the Author

Jeremy Bowman has been a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst, covering technology, consumer goods, and macroeconomic trends since 2011. Before The Motley Fool, Jeremy was a newspaper reporter, restaurant manager, and English teacher abroad. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Colorado College and a master’s degree in business administration from American University. One of his Motley Fool headlines was briefly featured on Late Night with Stephen Colbert.

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Who Owns Nike?

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