Knight was Chief Marketing Officer for Taco Bell from 1999 to 2001.
Kip began his career at Burke Marketing Research and has worked in 65 countries during his 37-year career. He spent 10 years in brand management at Procter & Gamble and 10 years in PepsiCo’s international restaurant division, where he served as General Manager of North Latin America and the first head of marketing for KFC International.
Knight worked at eBay, the world’s largest e-commerce site. He was vice-president of marketing for eBay, North America. He was also responsible for managing eBay Canada, the leading e-commerce site in Canada. He was the first head of International Marketing and served as Regional Vice President for eBay International for Latin America, Australia and Taiwan.
Knight joined H&R Block in 2012 and served as president of U.S. Retail Operations. In addition, he served as president of H&R Block International.
He currently serves as an Independent Director for 5.11 Tactical, the global category leader in the tactical clothing category.
Knight is the founder of the U.S. Marketing Communication College (USMCC), a pro bono organization which works with the State Department to train diplomats on marketing strategy and implementation. Kip has worked with the National Security Council and State Department since 2008 in developing CVE strategies and training, including ways to deal with the emergence and growth of “fake news”.
Knight earned his Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Louisiana State University (recognized as one of LSU’s Alumni of the Year in 2007) and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati. He has two sons. He and his wife Peggy live in San Juan Capistrano, California.