Joe Knight

Finance isn’t just for finance and accounting people anymore. Everyone needs to understand how financial success is measured and how they make an impact to be both personally and professionally successful. Finance speaker Joe Knight’s keynotes reveal the secrets of finance to non financial audiences around the world. And his enthusiasm is so contagious that after every keynote audience members ask for more. Joe uses a mix of humor, story telling and education to share with his audiences what they really need to know about finance in order to work, manage, and lead more effectively. As Joe says, Every day is a great day for finance!

Joe is co-author of Harvard Business Press’ best seller Financial Intelligence, A Manager’s Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean. Named one of the 100 best business books of all time in the book of the same name, Financial Intelligence received rave reviews from both financial and non financial media. CFO.com says, Its like the Elements of Style of finance. And Human Resources IQ says, Financial Intelligence…is a must-read for the human resource experts who want to be able to talk confidently about the numbers and make a difference in their organization. Joe continues to write articles and blogs on a variety of topics, and journalists and radio hosts regularly interview him for current financial news stories.

As a partner at the Business Literacy Institute, Joe trains managers and leaders at Fortune 1000 companies such as CVS Caremark, GE, MetLife, NBC News, Northrop Grumman and Visa. And his unique ability to combine content with energy and humor make his keynote addresses resounding successes with diverse audiences including the Construction Industry Institute; Independent College Bookstore Association; International Institute for Supply Management; National Association of Broadcasting; and Society for Human Resource Management.

As an experienced facilitator, Joe has worked for over 15 years with large and small companies, associations, non-profits and universities.

Joe’s philosophy holds that a financially literate workplace leads to both higher employee satisfaction and increased profitability. As CFO of Setpoint Companies, Joe spearheaded the financial education of engineers in this automation equipment and roller coaster manufacturing company. Under his leadership, Setpoint became an Inc. 500 company and was featured in Inc. magazine.

Joe received a bachelor's degree in economics from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Joe’s mission is to ensure that everyone understands how financial success is measured and challenges everyone to go back to their jobs, find the one or two key numbers they impact and work toward improvement.