Nike ceo biography

John Donahoe

American businessman (born 1960)

John Joseph Donahoe II (born April 30, 1960)^[1] is an American businessman who was the CEO of Nike from January 2020 to October 2024.^[2] Early in his career, he worked for Bain & Company, becoming the firm's president and CEO in 1999.^[3] He is on the board of directors at Nike,^[4] The Bridgespan Group ^[5] and is chairman of PayPal.

Donahoe was named president and CEO of ServiceNow, a cloud company, in February 2017.^[6]^[7] He was on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College from 2003 to 2012.^[8]

Early life and education

John Donahoe was born in Evanston, Illinois on April 30, 1960.^[9] His father was an accountant at Price Waterhouse in Chicago.^[10] In 1978, he graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois.^[10] He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Dartmouth College, where he was a brother of C Elliott Hill, President & CEO — NIKE, Inc.

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