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Data centers added $54.2B to Va. GDP over five years
Industry supported 86,000 jobs in Va. in 2021, PwC study says
The data center industry contributed $54.2 billion to Virginia’s gross domestic product from 2017 to 2021, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers study released Tuesday. That calculation includes indirect impacts from other
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JK Moving hires talent development director
Carrie Haas comes from Vail Resorts
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JK Moving Services has hired Carrie Haas as its director of talent development, the Sterling-based moving company announced Monday. Haas will lead training and talent development for JK Moving and
Transportation 2023: WILLIAM E. ‘BILL’ WOODHOUR
PRESIDENT AND CEO, MAERSK LINE, LEESBURG
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Woodhour has spent 32 years with Maersk Line, starting in sales and marketing, working his way up to president and CEO in 2016. Maersk Line is the Virginia-based U.S. arm
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Transportation 2023: CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ KUHN
FOUNDER AND CEO, JK MOVING SERVICES, STERLING
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Kuhn was just a teenager when he started JK Moving, which has grown into North America’s largest independently owned and operated moving company. Employing more than 1,000 workers, it was
Economic Development 2023: BUDDY RIZER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LOUDOUN COUNTY
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Head of Loudoun’s economic development since 2007, Rizer is best-known for helping build the county’s Ashburn area into the data center capital of the world. More than 70% of the
Finance | Insurance 2023: SHANE McLAUGHLIN
NORTHERN VIRGINIA REGION BANK PRESIDENT, WELLS FARGO, LEESBURG
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McLaughlin has been at Wells Fargo for more than 12 years, including six as the bank’s region bank president for Northern Virginia. A Virginia Tech graduate, McLaughlin joined Wachovia as
Law 2023: BENJAMIN J. LEIGH
PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION; PARTNER, TROXELL LEIGH, LEESBURG
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A native of Northern Virginia, Leigh works with business and real estate clients on transactions, planning and litigation. He graduated from the University of Richmond and earned his law degree
Finance | Insurance 2023: FREDRICK D. SCHAUFELD
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER, SWaN & LEGEND VENTURE PARTNERS, LEESBURG
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After graduating from Lehigh University in 1981, Schaufeld took a job selling extended warranties to auto dealers. When he learned his employer hadn’t actually taken out policies on all his
AREP, partners acquire Ashburn townhome community
Sale price of $120M for luxury townhomes
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CityHouse Ashburn Station, a 200-unit luxury townhome community in Loudoun County, has sold for $120 million. New York-based Rithm Capital, McLean-based American Real Estate Partners and New Jersey-based GreenBarn Investment
NFL owners approve $6.05B sale of Washington Commanders
Maryland billionaire Josh Harris acquiring team from embattled Snyder
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Dan Snyder’s controversial 24-year tenure as the embattled owner of the Ashburn-based Washington Commanders has come to an end with the record $6.05 billion sale of the team — and