Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank named one of SI's most powerful people in sports

Sports Illustrated thinks Barack Obama, Michael Jordan, and the head of Anheuser-Busch InBev are all less powerful than Kevin Plank, at least when it comes to sports.

The sports magazine ranked Plank, CEO of Baltimore’s Under Armour Inc. (NYSE: UA), the No. 24 most powerful person in the world of athletics. Plank ranked ahead of Obama (No. 44), Carlos Brito, CEO of Anheuser-Busch (No. 30) and Jordan (No. 50), among others.

Why is Plank so powerful? Well, according to Sports Illustrated, “Under…

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