- "People and culture are critical to our long-term success at Generation."
- —David Blood, Senior Partner and Co-Founder
Peter S. Knight
Partner
Mr. Knight is the President of Generation's US business. Prior to co-founding Generation, he was a Managing Director of MetWest Financial, a Los Angeles-based financial services company from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Knight started his career with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. From 1977 to 1989, he served as Chief of Staff to former VP Al Gore when Mr. Gore was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later the U.S. Senate. Mr. Knight served as the General Counsel of Medicis Pharmaceutical from 1989 to 1991, and then established his law practice representing numerous Fortune 500 companies as named partner in a Washington D.C. law firm. Mr. Knight has held senior positions on four presidential campaigns, including serving as the campaign manager for the successful 1996 re-election of President Clinton. Mr. Knight currently serves as a director of Medicis Pharmaceutical and Par Pharmaceuticals. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the National Park Foundation, the Cornell University Advisory Board for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Advisory Board for the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell's Johnson School.
Mr. Knight received his B.A. from Cornell University and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.