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Finance | Insurance 2023: JOHN C. ASBURY
CEO, ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES, RICHMOND
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Discovering an affinity for banking during a summer job while still in college, Asbury began his 30-year-plus career as a commercial credit officer at Wachovia Bank & Trust. He would
Finance | Insurance 2023: LAWRENCE ‘LARRY’ BERNERT III
PRINCIPAL AND PORTFOLIO MANAGER, WILBANKS, SMITH & THOMAS ASSET MANAGEMENT, NORFOLK
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From his first job installing toilets at Portsmouth Naval Hospital to becoming principal and portfolio manager at Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management, Bernert says his career has been informed
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Finance | Insurance 2023: MARK A. FRANTZ
CO-FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNER, BLUE DELTA CAPITAL PARTNERS, McLEAN
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Blue Delta Capital Partners is an equity firm dedicated to supporting growth-stage companies providing technology solutions to the federal government. Since co-founding the firm in 2009, Frantz has guided it
Finance | Insurance 2023: VIKRAM ‘VIK’ ATAL
PRESIDENT AND CEO, PRA GROUP, NORFOLK
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Atal was appointed PRA’s president and CEO in March, after serving as a board member since 2015. He previously spent 27 years in leadership positions with Citigroup Inc. and was
Finance | Insurance 2023: SIMON R.B. HAMILTON
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND PORTFOLIO MANAGER, THE WISE INVESTOR GROUP OF RAYMOND JAMES, RESTON
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Hamilton’s first job as a teen was mowing lawns — or, rather, running his own lawn-mowing business, with his brother as his first employee. That enterprising spirit has taken him
Finance | Insurance 2023: RICHARD FAIRBANK
CO-FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL, TYSONS
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With bachelor’s and MBA degrees from Stanford University under his belt, billionaire Fairbank began his path to a Fortune 500 corner office at Virginia’s Signet Bank. There, he teamed up
Finance | Insurance 2023: JAMES SCHENCK
PRESIDENT AND CEO, PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, TYSONS
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Since becoming CEO in 2014, Schenck has led a period of growth for PenFed, the nation’s second largest federal credit union, with 2.9 million members. During his tenure, PenFed has
Finance | Insurance 2023: FRANK ROTMAN
CO-FOUNDER, PARTNER AND CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, QED INVESTORS, MANAKIN-SABOT
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Rotman started fintech venture capital firm QED Investors with Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris in 2007. With $4.3 billion under management, QED has invested in more than 200 companies, including
Finance | Insurance 2023: JANET N. TOPE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, REGION BANK DIRECTOR FOR GREATER VIRGINIA REGION, WELLS FARGO, RICHMOND
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Many executives at Tope’s level have a long list of employers on their résumés. Tope has just one: Wells Fargo. The Florida State University alumna “stumbled into” the bank in
Finance | Insurance 2023: HANS VonKRUGER
HAMPTON ROADS MARKET EXECUTIVE AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, BANK OF AMERICA, VIRGINIA BEACH
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In college, VonKruger took a part-time job as a teller to help pay for tuition. After working for JPMorgan Chase for more than 20 years, VonKruger joined Bank of America