Donald Knauss

Donald R. Knauss (born 1951) is an executive business leader who has worked in top level positions in a variety of industries.
Current executive roles
Knauss holds key roles at three companies: Clorox Company (Director and Chairman of the Board), McKesson Corporation (independent director), URS Corporation (Director) and Kellogg Company (Director). In addition, in 2014 he was appointed to the newly created position at Clorox of Executive Chairman. While CEO at Clorox, Knauss led the 2007 purchase of for $925m, which was in response to the firm’s sluggish growth in other areas.
In the fiscal year of 2014, with Knauss in these executive roles, Clorox generated $5.6bn.
Other activities
In the past, Knauss was a US Marine Corps artillery officer; today, he is on the Board of Trustees there. He is a member of the Economic Advisory Council At Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and on the Board of Trustees for the University Foundation and Morehouse College. Krauss is on the Dean’s Advisory Board at the College of Arts & Sciences at Indiana University and the Board of Directors of the Grocery Manufacturers of America and the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Education
Knauss has a BA in History from Indiana University.

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