Sir Robert Baynes Horton FRSA (18 August 1939 – 30 December 2011) was a British businessman.

[1][3] Sir Robert joined BP in 1957, and from 1960 on held a series of positions in oil supply, marketing, finance, and planning.

[4] On his election as chairman and chief executive officer of Standard Oil in April 1986, Horton resigned from BP.

But following the merger of BP and Standard Oil in July 1987, he was appointed chief executive officer of BP America, Inc. As chairman of British Petroleum in 1990, Sir Robert Horton aimed to reorganise the company in such a way as to attract and advance outstanding personnel.

"[2] He was chairman of Railtrack from 1993 to 1999 and led the organisation through the early years of its existence, including an industrial dispute from June to September 1994.