Nike’s current CEO, Elliott Hill, began his career at the global footwear giant as an intern fresh out of university, steadily making his way up the ranks.
By Hill’s own telling, when he began as a sales intern in Tennessee in 1988, he packed boxes in the warehouse and answered office phones when needed. Ambitious and loyal, he climbed the corporate ladder, until in September 2024 he was coaxed out of retirement to be made president and CEO of the footwear maker.
