Kevin Plank's Under Armour

Kevin Plank was born on August 13, 1972 in Kensington, MD. It doesn’t say what high he went too but he went to University of Maryland, College Park. While he was at college he was thinking about shirts for the football team. He wanted to create a shirt for sweating and any kind of weather. While he created that he made Under Armour. Now Kevin is the CEO of Under Armour and his net worth is 3 billion and his salary is $ 1.53 million.

Kevin Plank doesn’t donate anything. However, Under Armour does to breast cancer. They created a program to support people that have breast cancer called Power in Pink’s. They created it to help educate female athletes about the importance physical activity can play in helping to overcome breast cancer. They committed a gift of 10 million dollars to the Under Armour breast health center. Under Armour are encouraging survivors and women currently living with breast cancer to share their stories of strength and survivals.
Under Armour is a highly popular sports clothing and accessories company that currently supplies sportswear, footwear and casual apparel for customers around the world. Even as a kid, Kevin Plank had a passion for sports and the spirit of an entrepreneur. So it makes sense that he was just a college student-athlete when he was struck with the idea that would eventually launch Under Armour and change the way athletes around the world dress forever. He said “All we're trying to do is change how people think about fitness and build Under Armour into the biggest brand in the entire land. ‘’

Kevin created Under Armour because when he was in college he wanted to create something for him and his team mates since he was the captain. He created Under Armour in Washington DC on April 21, 1996. Kevin started selling shirts for athletic be hide his car before the company was