Mark parker biography
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Mark G. Parker at the age of 61, is the third CEO of Nike. He joined Nike as a footwear designer in 1979, advanced up the chain of command and was named CEO in 2006. Since coming to the office, Parker has more than doubled Nike sales, and has been described as the world’s most creative CEO.
Now that Nike is no longer the feisty underdog to brands like Adidas, Parker has the tricky task of finding growth in a wildly successful company. He says that often size turns to “constipation.” Size fogs the lens about what is really happening. He believes that turning size and success into a formula and institutionalizing it “…can be death.”
Nike is, today, the world leader across many athletic shoe categories. It holds a 62% market share of the U.S. athletic shoe market. The company focuses on technology in design, in manufacturing, in marketing and increasingly in retail.
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Mark Parker
American businessman (born 1955)
For the New Zealand cricketer, see Mark Parker (cricketer).
Mark Parker (born October 21, 1955) is an American businessman. He is the executive chairman of Nike, Inc. He was named the third CEO of the company in 2006 and was president and CEO until 13 January 2020.[1][2] From 2023 to 2025, he was the chairman of the Walt Disney Company.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Parker was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of Meg and Bruce Parker. He graduated from Westhill High School in Stamford, Connecticut[4] and later earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science at Penn State University in 1977.[5] He ran on the Penn State track and cross country teams.[6]
Career
[edit]Parker joined Nike in 1979 as a footwear designer based in its R&D facility in Exeter, New Hampshire. He became Division Vice President in charge of development in 1987, Corporate Vice Pre
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Background
Mark Parker was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Bruce parkerar and Elizabeth Parker and earned his bachelor"s grad in Political Science at Penn State University in 1977.
Education
Pennsylvania State University.
Career
He ran on the Penn State track and cross country teams. Parker joined Nike in 1979 as a footwear designer based in its R&Doctorate facility in Exeter, New Hampshire. He became Division Vice President in charge of development in 1987, Corporate Vice President in 1989, General Manager in 1993, and Vice President of Global Footwear in 1998.
Prior to becoming vice president of Nike, he served as co-president (with Charlie Denson) of the Nike brand beginning in March 2001.
He still participates in shoe design, most