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CEO OF

NIKE
John Donahoe

B . B H A R AT H

M B A I ‘ A’

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Introduction to Nike:

 Nike is an American Multinational corporation that is


engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and
worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel,
equipment, accessories, and services.
 One of the most valuable brans among sport businesses,
Nike employs over 75,000 people worldwide.
CEO- John Donahoe

 John Joseph Donahoe II (born April 30, 1960) is an American


businessman who is the CEO of Nike.
 He was on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College from
2003 to 2012.
 On January 13, 2020, Donahoe became president and CEO
of Nike.
Early Life and Education
 John Donahoe was born in Evanston, Illinois, U.S. His father
was an accountant at Price Waterhouse in Chicago. In 1978, he
graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois,
U.S.
 He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Dartmouth
College, followed by an MBA from Stanford Graduate School
of Business.
Career
 After his senior year of high school, a friend's father asked him to
work at his Schlitz beer distribution company.
 In March 2005 he was hired as president of eBay Marketplaces
 Before joining eBay he worked for Bain & Company (a
worldwide consulting firm based in Boston) for 20 years, starting
as an associate consultant and rising to become the firm's
president and CEO in 1999.
In 2008, He was appointed CEO of eBay. He made more than
forty acquisitions, including Shopping.com and StubHub, and
the classifieds sites Gumtree and LoQUo, and most
recently, Shutl. And he departed from eBay in 2015.
 In february 2017, he was announced as the President and CEO
of Servicenow, a software company that he became familiar with
while working at ebay.
 In october 2019, he was announced as the next ceo of nike, and
on January 13, 2020 he became the CEO of Nike.
Personal Life
 He is married to Eileen Donahoe ,
former U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations Human Rights Council
in Geneva, Switzerland.
 They have four children; three sons and
a daughter, and they live in Portola Valley,
California.

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