![]() ![]() In 1964 Knight began selling Onitsuka shoes in earnest throughout the West Coast. While in Japan, Knight met with executives at Onitsuka Tiger, a Japanese shoe company, which agreed to send Knight shoe samples to sell back in the United States. In addition to the challenges related to building a company, Knight also reflects on the challenges and triumphs he faced as a son, as a young man searching for his identity, as a husband, and as a father.Īfter completing undergraduate studies at the University of Oregon and business school at Stanford, Knight returned to his parents’ home in Portland, Oregon, in 1962, where he received a loan from his father to travel around the world. ![]() Shoe Dog is divided into 20 chapters, each one roughly corresponding to one year in Knight’s life. ![]()
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