Kevin Plank
Kevin Plank
Kevin A. Plankis an American businessman, CEO and founder of Under Armour, a manufacturer of sports performance apparel, footwear and accessories, based in Baltimore...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 August 1972
CountryUnited States of America
want way firsts
One of our first customers asked me how big we want to be. I said I want to be really big. Later, it bothered me that I answered that way. Now I say I just want to be a great company.
jobs stories boots
Great brands are like great stories. And every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And our job is to make sure that every chapter of our stories makes sense to the one in front of it and make sense to the one after it. There is no such thing as an overnight success. You have to get up and put your work boots on every single day.
ideas theory brands
Brand is not a product, that's for sure; it's not one item. It's an idea, it's a theory, it's a meaning, it's how you carry yourself. It's aspirational, it's inspirational.
done want bigs
When you see most companies get big, they want to shout about all they've done. But the consumer wants to know: 'What have you done for me lately?'
sports shoes void
The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it.
motivation passion focus
Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top.
passion fire people
It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've always enjoyed and I've always been very proud of is that the people I've done business with, the people around me have always made money.
mother self entrepreneur
Any self-respecting entrepreneur has borrowed money from their mother at some point.
positive-thinking small-business bigs
I'm a big advocate of the power of positive thinking, particularly for small businesses.
ideas entrepreneur tough
Where can we take no the product, but the idea?
freak making-money concerts
I realized early on that I was pretty good at organizing. A lot of it was about control. While my friends were out getting hammered at concerts, I was making money. I am a control freak.
team school guy
I was a general business major, which meant that in any business school and particularly at Smith School, which is a very good school, you do a lot of team projects. Well I was the guy who gave the presentations for the team projects.
trying merchants
Best merchants are the ones who dictate cool, not those who try to predict it!
intense
I'm usually a pretty intense person. Give me an inch, and I'm going to go.