Charlie Denson

President

Nike Brand

With 30 years at Nike, Charlie Denson has a deep understanding of the Nike brand and its global reach. A native of Oregon, where Nike was founded, Charlie began his career in 1979 as an assistant store manager at Nike’s first retail store in Portland. Learning the business from the ground up, Charlie ultimately ran the company’s U.S. and European operations before leading the Nike brand worldwide. Charlie has been a constant innovator in leveraging Nike’s robust product pipeline, developing sales and distribution strategies and driving global growth as the company steadily expanded to more than 160 countries to become the world’s leading sports brand.