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</div><div>under Armour, the sportswear company trying to rebound after a series of setbacks, may be trying to speed up its turnaround by making dramatic changes at the top.</div><div>
</div><div>Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank – who founded the company and grew it into a major force in the sports apparel industry only to see it stumble as it reached new heights – is stepping down.</div><div>
</div><div>Plank is set to relinquish his roles as chairman and CEO on Jan. 1 after holding those positions since 1996, the Baltimore-based company announced Tuesday.</div><div>
</div><div>The company's president and chief operating officer, Patrik Frisk, will be elevated to CEO.</div><div>
</div><div>But Plank is not going away. In his new roles as executive chairman and brand chief, Plank may be able to concentrate on the challenges that have hobbled Under Armour in recent years.</div><div>
</div><div>"By putting in place a new CEO...Plank will be able to take a step back from the day-to-day running of the company to focus more on brand building, innovation and strategy,'' says Neil Saunders, managing director of retail consultancy Global Data. "In the long run, that is probably a helpful move as all of those things are where the company needs to make improvements."</div><div>
</div><div>Under Plank's leadership, Under Armour grew into a serious competitor for rivals Nike and Adidas. The company signed lucrative sponsorship deals with athletes like golf star Jordan Spieth and NBA star Steph Curry.</div><div>
</div><div>But roughly two years ago, the company's prospects soured amid declines in sports apparel, missteps in distribution and struggles in appealing to women.</div><div>
</div><div>The company cut costs and laid off staff in its comeback bid. But there were other setbacks. Plank drew fire from critics after he called President Donald Trump an "asset to the country" for his pro-business agenda in February 2017 and joined the president's since-disbanded manufacturing council.</div><div>
</div><div>He later sought to put distance between himself and Trump by leaving the council, running an ad opposing Trump's travel ban and defending Baltimore when Trump attacked the city.</div><div>
</div><div>Under Armour's turnaround is "still happening" but "just not at light speed," UBS analyst Jay Sole said July 31 in a research note. </div><div>
</div><div>In his new roles, Plank will be "focusing on product elevation, amplifying the brand story and stewarding the company's strong team culture," Under Armour said in a statement.</div><div>
</div><div>Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of Under Armour, is photographed at the Under Armour headquarters in Baltimore on Dec. 14, 2014.</div><div>Frisk, the one-time CEO of footwear and accessories company Aldo, has been with Under Armour since 2017 and was Plank's "partner during the most transformative chapter in our history,'' Plank said in a statement.</div><div>
</div><div>Under Armour's stock rose nearly 6% to $21.23 in afternoon trading Tues</div></div><div>
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</div><div>kevin A. Plank (born August 13, 1972) is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billionaire" title="Billionaire" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">billionaire</a> businessman and philanthropist. Plank is the founder and executive chairman of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Armour" title="Under Armour" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Under Armour</a>, a manufacturer of sportswear, footwear and accessories, based in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Baltimore, Maryland</a>.</div><div>
</div><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><ul style="list-style-image: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Early_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1Early life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Career</a><ul style="list-style-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Under_Armour" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.1Under Armour</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Sagamore_Farm" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2Sagamore Farm</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Plank_Industries" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.3Plank Industries</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Philanthropy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3Philanthropy</a><ul style="list-style-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Baltimore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1Baltimore</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Entrepreneurship" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.2Entrepreneurship</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#School_giving" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.3School giving</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4Personal life</a><ul style="list-style-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Politics" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.1Politics</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#Recognition" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5Recognition</a><ul style="list-style-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#2017" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.12017</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.22016</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#2015" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.32015</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#2014" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.42014</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#2013" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.52013</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2>Plank, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Roman Catholic</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Green16-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> grew up in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington,Maryland" title="Kensington, Maryland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kensington, Maryland</a>, a suburb of Washington D.C., the youngest of five brothers born to William and Jayne (née Harper) Plank.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dessauer09-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Shah16-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a> His father was a prominent Maryland <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Land developer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">land developer</a>. His mother is a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">mayor</a> of Kensington, who went on to direct the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Department of State</a> under President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ronald Reagan</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Graham03-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a>Plank grew up playing youth football with the Maplewood Sports Association; a Maplewood team has appeared in Under Armour commercials.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dessauer09-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-McKenna06-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a> He left the prestigious <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_Preparatory_School" title="Georgetown Preparatory School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Georgetown Preparatory School</a>, a Catholic school, due to poor academic performance and behavioral issues,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Shapiro15-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Murphy15-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a> then went on to graduate from another Catholic school, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.John%27s_College_High_School" title="St. John's College High School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">St. John's College High School</a>, in 1990.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Shapiro15-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Palmisano09-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a> Afterward, he played football at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_Union_Military_Academy" title="Fork Union Military Academy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Fork Union Military Academy</a> for a year, trying to get the attention of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">NCAA Division I</a> schools.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Palmisano09-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Fagone13-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a> He was not recruited by the top-tier collegiate football programs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Fagone13-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a>However, he went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of Maryland, College Park</a> and walked onto the team there.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Fagone13-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a> He graduated in 1996<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dessauer09-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Roberts11-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a> with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">bachelor's degree</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_administration" title="Business administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">business administration</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Forbes-Profile-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a>His roommate at Maryland was football player and professional wrestler <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Drozdov" class="mw-redirect" title="Darren Drozdov" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Darren Drozdov</a>. Following a 1999 in-ring accident which left Drozdov quadriplegic, Plank personally financed his customized wheelchair.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-ross-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Career[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2>While at University of Maryland, Plank launched Cupid's Valentine, a seasonal business selling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roses" class="mw-redirect" title="Roses" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">roses</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day" title="Valentine's Day" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Valentine's Day</a>. Cupid's Valentine earned $3,000, which Plank used as seed money for Under Armour.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dessauer09-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> He continued to use the "Cupid" name when he later launched his Cupid's Cup competition.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Eichensehr17-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Under Armour[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Under Armour" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>The idea that led to Under Armour was sparked while playing for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins" title="Maryland Terrapins" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Maryland Terrapins</a>, Plank said he was the "sweatiest guy on the football field".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Roberts11-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dessauer09-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> Frustrated by his cotton T-shirts' inability to keep him dry and comfortable, he searched for a material that would wick the sweat from his body.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-washpost-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> After graduating from Maryland, Plank searched for synthetic materials that would keep athletes dry. Using a mix of his own cash, credit cards, and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Business_Administration" title="Small Business Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Small Business Administration</a> loan, he launched the business.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Graham03-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> Plank tried several prototypes before deciding on the one he wanted to use.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Palmisano09-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a>Plank originally sought to call his new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswear(activewear)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportswear (activewear)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">sportswear</a> company Heart, but he could not trademark it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-O'Reilly15-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a> He also attempted to name his company Body Armor, but efforts to trademark that name were also unsuccessful.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-O'Reilly15-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a> One day, his brother asked him, "How's that company you're working on … Under Armor?" The name stuck.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-O'Reilly15-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a> Plank said he chose the British spelling "armour" because he "thought the phone number 888-4ARMOUR was much more compelling than 888-44ARMOR".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-O'Reilly15-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a>Plank initially ran the business from his grandmother's town house in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown(Washington,D.C.)" title="Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Georgetown</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Roberts11-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a> Under Armour's first shirt was the #0037, which Plank sold from his car.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-palafox14-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a> He also asked his former teammates to try on the shirts, claiming that his alternative to a cotton T-shirt would enhance their performance on the field. As his friends moved on to play professionally, he would send them T-shirts, requesting that they pass them out to other players in their locker rooms. His first big team sale was to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tech" title="Georgia Tech" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Georgia Tech</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Foster16-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> In 1996, Plank finished his first year selling shirts with $17,000 in sales.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Graham03-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a>A turning point for him came late in 1999, when Plank used nearly all of Under Armour's money, and employees agreed to go without pay for a few weeks, so the company could take out a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">$</a>25,000 advertisement in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN_The_Magazine" title="ESPN The Magazine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ESPN The Magazine</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Allaire16-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a> The ad resulted in $1 million in direct sales for the following year, and athletes and teams began buying the product.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-washpost-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> Plank's company reached $1 billion annual revenue for the first time in 2010, and Plank became a billionaire in 2011, when his net worth was estimated at $1.05 billion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Durgy11-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a>Between 2014 and 2016, Under Armour spent close to $1 billion to acquire makers of activity- and diet-tracking mobile apps.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Inc16-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a> Many long-term employees questioned Plank's strategy and whether the company would produce a return on their investment. Plank spent hours in one-on-one conversations to try and persuade those employees. "It was important," Plank said, "that this not just be my decision. The strategy was a success, earning the company the world's largest digital health-and-fitness community, with 150 million users.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Inc16-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a>As CEO, Plank oversaw a company that generated US$5 billion in annual revenue and employed about 15,800 people as of December 31, 2017.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-2017AR-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-2017Form10K-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a>Plank announced his retirement as CEO, in October 2019, and was succeeded, on January 1, 2020 by Under Armour <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">COO</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrik_Frisk" title="Patrik Frisk" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Patrik Frisk</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a>Plank is a member of the board of trustees for the National Football Foundation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-reuters-UnderArmour-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sagamore Farm[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Sagamore Farm" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Plank bought the 630-acre historic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagamore_Farm" title="Sagamore Farm" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sagamore Farm</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_County,Maryland" title="Baltimore County, Maryland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Baltimore County, Maryland</a>, in 2007.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Sherman15-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[29]</a> The property was once owned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gwynne_Vanderbilt" title="Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-McKee12-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a> The farm was the home to stallion <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Dancer" title="Native Dancer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Native Dancer</a>, who went 21 for 22 during his racing career from 1952–1954.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Unger11-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a> Plank has said he seeks to restore the farm and rejuvenate Maryland's horse racing tradition by raising a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing(United_States)" title="Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Triple Crown</a> winning horse.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-SI12-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Unger11-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a> On November 5, 2010, Sagamore Farms' Shared Account won the $2 million <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeders%27_Cup_Filly%26_Mare_Turf" title="Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf</a> (GI).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Bloodhorse.com-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a> There are about 100 horses on Sagamore farm, with about 40 actively training as of July 2017.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Walker17-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[34]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Plank Industries[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Plank Industries" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Beginning in 2013,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Sisson17-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a> Plank's real estate firm, Sagamore Development, was leading a $5.5-billion <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-use_development" title="Mixed-use development" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">mixed-use development</a> project in Baltimore's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Covington" title="Port Covington" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Port Covington</a> area.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Hoppert17-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a> The company had acquired approximately 235 acres in the area<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Sisson17-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a> and planned to build a mix of offices, residential areas, retail space, parks, boat launches and more.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Sherman16-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[38]</a>Plank also founded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey" class="mw-redirect" title="Whiskey" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">whiskey</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Distillery" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">distillery</a> Sagamore Spirit in 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Gantz17-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a> He was initially approached about creating a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vineyard" title="Vineyard" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">vineyard</a>, but being a whiskey enthusiast he asked his business partner to research whiskey.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Foster17-40" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[40]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">limestone</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer" title="Aquifer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">aquifer</a> on Plank's farm produced water fit to distill whiskey,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Foster16-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> so Plank and business partner Bill McDermond founded Sagamore Spirit to restore Maryland's whiskey distilling tradition.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Gantz17-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a> Its first bottles were sold at stores in 2016.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Gantz17-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a>Plank renovated the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagamore_Pendry_Baltimore" title="Sagamore Pendry Baltimore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Recreation Pier</a> building in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fells_Point,Baltimore" class="mw-redirect" title="Fells Point, Baltimore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Fells Point, Baltimore</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Hoppert17-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a> The building was originally built in 1914 to store port cargo and later served as a community center and studio for the television series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide:Life_on_the_Street" title="Homicide: Life on the Street" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Homicide: Life on the Street</a>; it closed in 1999.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Sherman17-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a> Following Plank's renovation, the building reopened as the Sagamore Pendry Hotel.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Hoppert17-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a>Plank Industries also bought and revamped the water taxi in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Harbor" title="Inner Harbor" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Inner Harbor</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Campbell16-42" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[42]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Philanthropy[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Philanthropy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Baltimore[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Baltimore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Plank donated $1 million through The Cupid Foundation to the Baltimore-based CollegeBound in 2016.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[43]</a> The next year, his charitable arm funded 40 summer jobs for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Hill,Baltimore" title="Cherry Hill, Baltimore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Cherry Hill, Baltimore</a>, public school students in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_transport" title="Maritime transport" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">maritime transport</a> industry.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Duncan17-44" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[44]</a>Plank is also active within the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., communities, as a member of the Greater Baltimore Committee<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[45]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Washington_Partnership" title="Greater Washington Partnership" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Greater Washington Partnership</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[46]</a> He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for Living Classrooms, a Baltimore-Washington based non-profit organization dedicated to the hands-on education of young people using urban, natural and maritime environments as “living classrooms".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Milligan16-47" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[47]</a> Through his Cupid Foundation, Plank donated $5 million to help create the UA House at Fayette, an East Baltimore community center run by Living Classrooms.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Mirabella16-48" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[48]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Entrepreneurship[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Entrepreneurship" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Plank has been a long-time supporter of the University of Maryland’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H.Smith_School_of_Business" title="Robert H. Smith School of Business" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Robert H. Smith School of Business</a> and Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. In addition to sitting on the University’s Board of Trustees, he played an integral role in the development of an endowment fund that the Dingman Center uses to invest in viable startup businesses.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Cho07-49" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[49]</a> He is also responsible for the development of the Cupid's Cup business competition. The competition got its name from his “Cupid's Valentine” rose business he began while attending the University.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Sullivan16-50" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[50]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">School giving[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: School giving" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>In November 2014, Plank pledged $25 million to the University of Maryland to be used for the proposed athletics and academic complex.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Barker14-51" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[51]</a> The project has converted Cole Field House, the school's former basketball arena, into the football facility, a sports medicine center and student entrepreneurship lab.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Barker14-51" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[51]</a> In 2015, Plank pledged $16 million to St. John's College High School in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Washington, DC</a>, to fund athletics, academics and entrepreneurship initiatives.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dinsmore15-52" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[52]</a> Plank donated $1 million to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Baltimore" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Baltimore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Archdiocese of Baltimore</a> in 2016 to help 100 more children go to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_school" title="Catholic school" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Catholic school</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Green16-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personal life[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=10&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2>Plank married Desiree Guerzon, in 2003.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dessauer09-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> They have two children,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dessauer09-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> and live in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutherville,Maryland" title="Lutherville, Maryland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Lutherville, Maryland</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Forbes-Profile-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a> As of February 2018, Forbes estimated his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_worth" title="Net worth" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">net worth</a> at US$1.8 billion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Forbes-Profile-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a>Before living in Lutherville, he lived in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC. His former home, when he put it up for sale, was the most expensive home on the market in Washington, DC.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Dangremond-53" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[53]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Politics[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=11&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Politics" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>According to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Federal Election Commission</a>, Plank has donated to both major U.S. political parties and to individuals of both parties.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[54]</a> On <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">CNBC</a>'s Halftime Report in February 2017, Plank commented on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Donald Trump</a>'s pro-business philosophy, saying the president was a "real asset" to the business community.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-BarkerFeb17-55" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[55]</a> Plank's comments drew criticism on social media. As some customers vowed to boycott the brand, three major endorsers—<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Stephen Curry</a>, ballerina <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_Copeland" title="Misty Copeland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Misty Copeland</a>, and actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson</a>—went on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Twitter</a> to express their opposition.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Mirabella17-56" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[56]</a> Johnson called Plank's words "divisive".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Mirabella17-56" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[56]</a> In the days following the remarks, Plank bought a full-page advertisement in The Baltimore Sun to clarify his comments. In the ad, Plank said Under Armour stood for job creation, but publicly opposed the president's proposed travel ban.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Singer17-57" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[57]</a>Plank sat on the President Trump's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Manufacturing_Council" title="American Manufacturing Council" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American Manufacturing Council</a>. He stepped down from the council following President Trump's comments on violence in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally" title="Unite the Right rally" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Charlottesville, Virginia</a>, saying Under Armour "engages in innovation and sports, not politics".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Rosenfeld17-58" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[58]</a> Additionally, he publicly opposed President Trump's decision to withdraw from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Paris Accord</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Barrabi17-59" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[59]</a> and was among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Fortune 500</a> CEOs to sign a pledge to promote workplace <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity(business)" title="Diversity (business)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">diversity and inclusion</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Wilen17-60" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[60]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Recognition[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=12&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Recognition" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2017[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=13&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2017" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" skins.vector.styles="skins.vector.styles" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Achiever of the Year by Success Magazine<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Friedlander17-61" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[61]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-LincolnJournalStar17-62" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[62]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Famer<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-MirabellaMay17-63" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[63]</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2016[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=14&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" skins.vector.styles="skins.vector.styles" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 16 on 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business by Sports Business Journal<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-RacingNEWS16-64" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[64]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 37 on Businessperson of the Year list by Fortune<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Fortune-16-65" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[65]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Game Changer by Men's Fitness<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Men'sFitness16-66" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[66]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 26 on Power 100 Most Influential Designers, Influencers and Leaders in the Shoe Industry by Footwear News<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Yahoo16-67" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[67]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 6 on 50 Most Influential People in Sports by Sporting News<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-McGuire16-68" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[68]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 63 on Power List by Adweek<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Gianatasio16-69" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[69]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Hall of Champions award by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Small_Business_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Small Business Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Small Business Administration</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Wilen16-70" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[70]</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2015[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=15&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2015" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" skins.vector.styles="skins.vector.styles" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 23 on 50 Most Influential People in Sports by Sports Business Journal<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-SBJ-15-71" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[71]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 36 on Businessperson of the Year by Fortune<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Fortune-15-72" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[72]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 66 on The Power List by Adweek<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Gianatasio15-73" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[73]</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2014[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=16&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2014" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" skins.vector.styles="skins.vector.styles" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Person of the Year by Footwear News<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Verry15-74" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[74]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 21 on 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business by Sports Business Journal<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-SBJ-14-75" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[75]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 15 on Top People in Business by Fortune<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Fortune14-76" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[76]</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2013[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Plank&action=edit&section=17&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2013" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" skins.vector.styles="skins.vector.styles" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 4 on America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Forbes40Under40-77" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[77]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No. 24 on Sports Illustrated's Most Powerful People in Sports<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Plank#cite_note-Lambert13-78" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[78]</a></li></ul><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Reference</h2><div>
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