Board of Directors of Nike, Inc.
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The Board of Directors of Nike, Inc. is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global sportswear and athletic footwear giant.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Board of Directors of Nike, Inc. canonical | 10 |
| Nike, Inc. Board of Directors on corporate responsibility issues | 1 |
| Nike, Inc. board of directors | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2402120 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Board of Directors of Nike, Inc. Context triple: [John Donahoe, memberOf, Board of Directors of Nike, Inc.]
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Board of Directors of Apple Inc.
The Board of Directors of Apple Inc. is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership.
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B.
Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company
The Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate policies, and executive leadership for the global automaker.
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C.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the main decision-making body of the African Development Bank, responsible for overseeing its operations, policies, and strategic direction.
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D.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank is the governing body responsible for overseeing the institution’s operations, policies, and strategic direction on behalf of its member countries.
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E.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and overall management.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Board of Directors of Nike, Inc. Target entity description: The Board of Directors of Nike, Inc. is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global sportswear and athletic footwear giant.
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A.
Board of Directors of Apple Inc.
The Board of Directors of Apple Inc. is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership.
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B.
Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company
The Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate policies, and executive leadership for the global automaker.
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C.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the New Development Bank is the key decision-making body responsible for overseeing the bank’s operations, policies, and strategic direction on behalf of its member countries.
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D.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank is the governing body responsible for overseeing the institution’s operations, policies, and strategic direction on behalf of its member countries.
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E.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and overall management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corporate board of directors
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governing body ⓘ |
| compositionIncludes |
executive directors
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independent directors ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| governanceStandard |
NYSE listing standards
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Nike, Inc. corporate governance guidelines ⓘ U.S. securities laws ⓘ |
| governedEntityHeadquarters |
Beaverton, Oregon, United States
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linked to:
Beaverton, Oregon
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| governs | Nike, Inc. ⓘ |
| governsEntityType | public company ⓘ |
| governsStockExchangeListedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| governsTickerSymbol | NKE ⓘ |
| hasCommittee |
Audit and Finance Committee
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Compensation Committee ⓘ Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee ⓘ Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ⓘ |
| hasRole |
approval of annual budget
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approval of dividends ⓘ approval of major strategic initiatives ⓘ approval of significant investments ⓘ evaluation of CEO performance ⓘ oversight of ESG matters ⓘ oversight of compliance ⓘ oversight of corporate governance ⓘ oversight of corporate strategy ⓘ oversight of executive leadership ⓘ oversight of financial performance ⓘ oversight of internal controls ⓘ oversight of risk management ⓘ oversight of shareholder relations ⓘ oversight of succession planning ⓘ selection of independent auditors ⓘ setting executive compensation policies ⓘ |
| industry |
apparel
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athletic footwear ⓘ sporting goods ⓘ sportswear ⓘ |
| legalFormOfGovernedEntity | publicly traded corporation ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Nike, Inc. ⓘ |
| publishes |
code of business conduct and ethics
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committee charters ⓘ corporate governance guidelines ⓘ |
| reportsTo | shareholders of Nike, Inc. ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
alignment of management with shareholder interests
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long‑term shareholder value creation ⓘ oversight of brand and reputational risk ⓘ |
| sectorOfGovernedEntity |
consumer discretionary
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textiles, apparel and luxury goods ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Board of Directors of Nike, Inc. Description of subject: The Board of Directors of Nike, Inc. is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global sportswear and athletic footwear giant.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Board of Directors of Nike, Inc.
subject linked to:
Compensation Committee
subject linked to:
Compensation Committee
Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee
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partOf
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Board of Directors of Nike, Inc.
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Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee
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advises
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Nike, Inc. Board of Directors on corporate responsibility issues
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linked to: Board of Directors of Nike, Inc.
Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee
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reportsTo
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Board of Directors of Nike, Inc.
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