Who are Knight-Swift Transportation's decision-makers?
Knight-Swift Transportation's leadership team is centered on Adam Miller, Chief Executive Officer, plus finance, operations, commercial, legal, and technology leaders who influence major vendor decisions.
- CEO
- Adam Miller
- CFO / key exec
- Brad Stewart
- Founded
- 2017 merger; Knight founded 1990 and Swift founded 1966
- Employees
- Approximately 33,000
- HQ
- Phoenix, AZ
- Status
- NYSE: KNX
- Adam MillerChief Executive OfficerCEO since February 2024Former CFO and Swift leader now running the combined carrier portfolio.
- Kevin KnightExecutive ChairmanCo-founder and executive chairmanProvides long-term operating discipline and governance.
- Brad StewartChief Financial OfficerCFO since 2024Leads finance, capital allocation, and investor communications.
- David JacksonSenior advisor / former CEOFormer CEO through 2024Provides continuity after leading the merger-era company.
Who leads Knight-Swift Transportation?
Adam Miller serves as Chief Executive Officer. Former CFO and Swift leader now running the combined carrier portfolio. Kevin Knight serves as Executive Chairman. Provides long-term operating discipline and governance. Brad Stewart serves as Chief Financial Officer. Leads finance, capital allocation, and investor communications. David Jackson serves as Senior advisor / former CEO. Provides continuity after leading the merger-era company.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Knight-Swift Transportation?
Enterprise buying usually involves the business owner, finance, procurement, legal, IT/security, and the operating team that owns adoption. For Knight-Swift Transportation, the most relevant executive sponsor depends on the use case: operations for productivity and safety, finance for planning and controls, commercial leaders for revenue or customer experience, and technology leaders for data, integration, and cybersecurity.
How is Knight-Swift Transportation organized as it scales?
Knight-Swift Transportation operates with corporate leadership and business, region, function, or segment operators close to customers and assets. Sellers should map headquarters stakeholders and field-level operators because many business cases require both executive sponsorship and local adoption.
As of June 2026.Sources:Knight-Swift managementKnight-Swift 2025 Form 10-K
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