- "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, Peter S. Knight 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 Mr. 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 the last 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, Entremed and Par Pharmaceuticals. He is also a director of Schroders’ mutual fund and hedge fund family, and a member of the Cornell University Council and the Cornell University Advisory Board for the College of Arts and Sciences.Sciences and the Advisory Board for the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the 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.