Company · Film & TV · founded 2005

Laika

American independent stop-motion animation studio, known for Coraline. It grew out of Will Vinton Studios, which Phil Knight invested in from 1998 and bought in 2002. Knight is chairman and his son Travis Knight is president and CEO.

Of the 1 person here linked to Laika, 0 are founders and 1 is still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

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1 person at Laika

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Owner and chairman (invested in Will Vinton Studios in 1998, bought it in 2002; rebranded as Laika), 1998–now

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Nike

Source · medium confidence. The Laika page lists Phil Knight as chairman and an owner; the Phil Knight page says he serves as chairman. Current status rests on Wikipedia.

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Phil Knight

Co-founder, Nike, Inc. (Blue Ribbon Sports)

middle-class · some · graduate degree