David Jackson
While Jackson’s CEO tenure has coincided with Knight-Swift’s strong stock performance, he played a secondary role in that success - he was barely involved in the integration of the company’s largest and most transformative Swift acquisition.
Chief Financial Officer Adam Miller is a key to the company’s successful M&A strategy, oversees most of the company’s sales, and is Jackson’s likely successor.
Even though Jackson hires underqualified friends and creates a culture where people are afraid to voice their opinions, he is unlikely to hurt Knight-Swift’s integration of the U.S. Xpress deal or hamper operations over the near term given his insulated role at the company
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