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U.Va. receives $50M gift from Breeden Co. founder
Alum Ramon W. Breeden Jr.'s gift to be split between biz ed, athletics
Ramon W. Breeden Jr., founder and chair of Virginia Beach-based developer The Breeden Co., has given $50 million to his alma mater, the University of Virginia, to support business education
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Living Legends 2023: PAUL C. SAVILLE
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Real Estate 2023: DONALD E. STONE JR.
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Real Estate 2023: DAN NOVACK
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Novack was named president of the Dallas-based contracting and construction management company’s mid-Atlantic operation in January, but his career with Balfour started more than two decades ago. As mid-Atlantic president,
Real Estate 2023: BRETT HITT
CO-CHAIRMAN, HITT CONTRACTING, FALLS CHURCH
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Hitt’s grandparents started the family business in 1930, now one of Virginia’s biggest general contracting firms, earning $5.41 billion in 2022 construction revenue and landing in the top 20 of
Real Estate 2023: EUGENE J. BREDOW
PRESIDENT AND CEO, NVR, RESTON
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In March 2022, Bredow was appointed president and CEO of NVR after Paul C. Saville transitioned to executive chairman. Bredow has worked for NVR since 2004 and became president of
Real Estate 2023: KIM ROY
CEO, HITT CONTRACTING, FALLS CHURCH
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From a young age, Roy has been interested in being a builder, and in 2017, she was appointed the first non-family member to lead the 86-year-old company that employs more
Real Estate 2023: JON JENNINGS
PRESIDENT, L.F. JENNINGS, FALLS CHURCH
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The third generation to lead the general contracting firm started as a masonry firm in 1952 by his grandfather, bricklayer Lawrence Floyd Jennings, Jon Jennings oversees about 350 employees and
Real Estate 2023: STEVE LAWSON
CHAIRMAN, LAWSON COS., NORFOLK
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A third-generation builder and developer, Lawson served as president of the 190-person multifamily real estate development, construction and management firm for 17 years, until he was named chairman in 2016.
Living Legends 2023: JOHN R. LAWSON II
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Raised in a construction family, Lawson fell in love with the business. His late father co-founded W.M. Jordan, which Lawson joined in 1975 after his graduation from Virginia Tech, where