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Air Jordan is a line of sportswear shoes produced by Nike, Inc. Related apparel and accessories are marketed under Jordan Brand.. The first Air Jordan shoe was produced for basketball player Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls on November 17, 1984, and released to the public on April 1, 1985.
The startup company was founded by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, [7] Greg Schwartz, and Chris Kaufman in 2015, [8] and launched in February 2016. [9] [10] Luber had previously founded StockX's predecessor website about rare sneakers called Campless (established during 2012–2013), [11] [12] a site which was featured in Josh Luber's TED Talk on the sneaker market. [13]
The shoes get their name from the documentary miniseries The Last Dance, which focuses chiefly on Jordan and the 1997–98 NBA season. The shoes were sold by Truman in 2020 for US$215,000. The shoes were later auctioned by the buyer in April 2023 for US$2.238 million, which was the highest sale price ever realized for any shoes.
The two other pairs of shoes available online are both retailing for $199 on the website. The new website also sells other Trump-branded shoes and “Victory47” cologne and perfume for $99 a bottle.
In 2016, Nike created an Air Force 1 prototype with Shox cushioning, never released to the public. The proficiency testing sample was then sold by an ex-employee during an eBay auction [4] [5] organized in collaboration with the sneaker collector Jordan Geller, owner of Shoezeum and of the record for the biggest sneaker collection of the world. [6]
Michigan Wolverines logo and the jumpman logo at the Nike flagship store on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago during the week before the opening game for the 2016 Michigan Wolverines football team. In 1997, Air Jordan selected the first Jordan Brand sponsored schools: Cincinnati Bearcats, St. John's Red Storm, and North Carolina A&T Aggies [12]