Charles F. Knight (January 20, 1936 – September 12, 2017) was an American business executive.
He was chairman emeritus of Emerson Electric Co.[1] Charles F. Knight was born in Winnetka, Illinois in 1936.
He served as Chairman of Emerson Electric from 1974 to 2004 and as chief executive officer from 1973 to 2000.
He has sat on the Boards of Directors of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., AT&T Inc., BP plc and Morgan Stanley.
The Charles F. Knight Executive Education & Conference Center at Washington University in St. Louis is named for him,[2] as is the Charles F. Knight Emergency & Trauma Center, which serves as the main trauma center and emergency department for the Washington University Medical Center/Barnes-Jewish Hospital complex.