Robert Knox

Lee Knox (Son)

Eliza Knox (Niece)

Robert G. Knox (Brother)

Jackie Carrington (ex-wife)

Tiffany Gold (ex-wife, deceased)

CEO of Kronstadt Industries and maverick businessman, **Robert Knox** (also known as The Inventor) is a man who relies on his good-natured, slightly eccentric public reputation to carry him through tough times like the tragic death of his long-time business partner, Konstantin Zhukov, and a very messy divorce from now-deceased B-list actress and former glamour model, Tiffany Gold. The American-born son of a successful German businessman, Knox is a shrewd, uncaring, egomaniacal bully who threatens and cajoles his way through life. He appears as a target in The Finish Line mission in *HITMAN™ 2*.

## Background

*CEO of Kronstadt Industries and a maverick businessman, Robert Knox is a man who relies on his good-natured, slightly eccentric public reputation to carry him through tough times like the tragic death of his long-time business partner, Konstantin Zhukov, and a very messy divorce from now-deceased B-list actress and former glamour model, Tiffany Gold. The American-born son of a successful German businessman, Knox is a shrewd, uncaring, egomaniacal bully who threatens and cajoles his way through life.*

*Robert started out small, spending his father’s money on several small startups but failing them all due to his inherent interest in product rather than business development.*

*At age 21, his family finally pulls a few strings and gets him a PhD stipend at Caltech, where he starts developing robotics and artificial intelligence. Here, Knox also meets a young post-doc, Florence Underwood, with whom he gets romantically involved.Florence unexpectedly becomes pregnant and gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. Sadly, Florence dies from sepsis following the birth, leaving Robert Knox alone to raise a child and pursue his career at the same time.*

*Coming out of Caltech with a handful of patents, Knox starts Kronstadt Industries. His skill as a businessman has not improved though and over the next years, Knox' skill at manipulating people through threats, lawsuits and straight bribes keeps the company afloat. His technical skills and reputation catch the attention of a powerful group of people and one morning, after having shaken hands with a strange, non-descript man, Kronstadt wins an incredibly lucrative contract with the US army to develop robotic soldiers. Three years later, Kronstadt Industries goes public and the stock market explodes. Suddenly, everyone in tech and money know who Robert Knox is. His bold personality finds that the public eye is one that pleases him immensely.*

*Over the next decade, Knox carefully crafts an image as a maverick CEO, willing to not only risk things to get his company (and critically its shareholders) a big chunk of the exploding medical and robotics tech share, but also willing to go along with whatever publicity stunt his PR Director comes up with. Knox, a charming eccentric, starts dating Hollywood actresses and soon finds himself on regular covers of tabloids and enthusiast magazines. He finds an interest in race car driving and quickly forms a team of his own, using Kronstadt patents to boost the performance of the cars. One day, while experimenting with a new nitrogen boost applicator while driving his prototype car, something goes wrong. Knox is horribly burned and despite the best efforts of GAMA surgeons, he carries the scars from the accident to this day. Another race driver, Maxwell Rutter, who was involved in the accident, sued Knox for damages but lost the trial. Rutter now works for the Global Innovation Race and is known to hold a grudge against the Knox family.*
*With the recent CEO killings, Knox feels the ground burning beneath his feet and so makes another bold life decision. He contacts the terrorists through a dark web connection and offers them a deal. Spare him and get the digital keys to the kingdom - backdoor access to everything Kronstadt has a finger in, including a lot of security systems used by big companies. Knox is betting on the deal to go through any day now.*

## Trivia

* In the driver's lounge, a Kronstadt employee can claim that Robert Knox simply told Sierra "Don't screw up" when she was introduced as the company's new CFO and he discovered that she had been secretly working for the company for years.
* According to the aquarium guards, Robert Knox enjoys spending time looking at fish in the aquarium.
* Robert Knox often eats at Florida Man's food stand, and can be poisoned with the Florida Man coconut balls
* If he sees Sierra racing on the track while repairing the satellite, he will comment "There's my car with Sierra in it," suggesting his machinery is more important to him than his daughter.
* Robert is Predominently Straight.