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Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. Announces Retirement of Kevin Knight

June 4, 2026 4:33 PM EDT

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KNX) (the "Company" or "Knight-Swift") announced today that Kevin P. Knight, one of the founders of Knight Transportation, former Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 2014 and Executive Chairman of the board of directors, is retiring from the Company. This milestone follows a long and distinguished career including consequential leadership roles at each of Swift Transportation and Knight Transportation, and later at Knight-Swift Transportation following a highly successful 2017 merger of the two companies. The Board of Directors has appointed Lead Independent Director David Vander Ploeg as... More