About Scott Knudsen
Headquartered in Fredericksburg, Texas, at Lightning K Ranch, Scott owns Knudsen Equine Center, Knudsen Horses, and Knudsen Cattle Company. An American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Professional Horseman and AQHA Ambassador, he’s ridden rough stock (broncs and bulls) to race horses, team roped, penned, and sorted. Knudsen’s ridden cutting horses, worked rescues, and trained Thoroughbreds to Morgans and Mustangs.
As President of the Board for the San Antonio area’s top-rated theatre company, Knudsen turned the non-profit’s balance sheet into a $1 million-plus operation. He founded the Extreme Trail Horse Association with destinations in the US and Canada.
Host of the popular online talk show Cowboy EntrepreneurⓇ, Knudsen takes viewers behind the scenes with horse world personalities and events, spotlighting the upbeat side of life at the crossroads of horses and business. From family businesses to trainers to farriers, from ranchers to rodeo stars to Olympians, Scott scouts the entrepreneurial spirit in companies to non-profits. Available on Facebook and his updated Cowboy Entrepreneur YouTube Channel, recent guests have included: Screenwriter/director Ashley Avis (2020’s Black Beauty on Disney+), Hall of Fame Farrier Ada Gates Patton’ New York Times best-selling author Robin Hutton (Sgt. Reckless: America’s War Horse); Sean Decker, Executive VP, Sports & Entertainment for the Texas Rangers (bringing 2020’s NFR to Texas); and Lyn Ringrose-Moe, Founding Partner, Cowboy Dressage World. No matter where he travels, there’s inspiration for everyone with a passion for finding success in careers of their dreams.
The National Weather Service featured Knudsen in its 2020 Lightning Safety Campaign:https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-survivor-story-scottk. Fox News spotlighted Knudsen and his lightning survival story in a televised interview at the height of lightning season. See it at: https://www.fox7austin.com/news/fredericksburg-man-struck-by-lightning-travels-the-country-to-talk-about-lightning-safety. And, the story continues. In 2021, he was featured on WeatherNation TV. Watch here:
A motivating speaker with a gift for inspiring others, Knudsen’s appeared from Florida to California in live engagements and around the world online. For the American Horse Council’s webinar series, Knudsen talked business with “From the Front Gate to the Back Fence: How to Be Your Own CEO,” offering sage advice: “It’s the same model, whether it’s a horse, a stage, or a can of green beans. It’s the customer experience and the quality of the product.” In a talk for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, “When Lightning Strikes in Business and Life,” Knudsen shared personal and professional obstacles he’s overcome (being struck by lightning) and his secrets for turning challenges into success. Professional media members of the nation’s $122 billion horse industry got lockdown enlightenment from Knudsen when he hosted a lively panel presentation themed “Getting Covid Creative—Finding Silver Linings in Those Clouds” for American Horse Publications.
To schedule speaking engagements and interviews with Scott Knudsen, contact Elizabeth McCall at 310-720-4096 or elizmccall@earthlink.
Visit: www.cowboyentrepreneur.com
Scott Knudsen is not your ordinary 5th generation Texas cowboy with a business degree. He’s been struck by lightning (in the head, out his hand), played a mixed doubles tennis tournament at the LA Forum with Billy Jean King and Martina Navratilova for Yonex, and became an award-winning national sales rep for a Fortune 50 company
