Nike is currently the most famous and largest sport equipment company in the world. This company is most often known for their shoes which is worn by many famous sport people in the world both basketball and other sports. This world wide company first started as a small business with the name very different from today's well known Nike, it is called BRS or Blue Ribbon Sports but soon changed its name to Nike. The business founder's name is Bill Bowerman 1964 and had been popular ever after with their store opened all across the world.