Nike signs on as official sponsor for Genie Bouchard
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$18.6 billion in its fiscal year 2008 . As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.
About Property:
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard is a Canadian professional tennis player. On January 6, 2014, she reached the WTA singles ranking of no. 31. It is projected she will rise to possibly as high as no. 21 based on her win over Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals at the 2014 Australian Open, the second Canadian in history to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. In 2012, Bouchard became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam in singles after her win at Wimbledon as a junior. She achieved a career-high junior rank of no. 2 following her title. At the end of the 2013 season, she was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year, the second Canadian to receive that honor. Bouchard is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's singles player.