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2026 Virginia Power 50 List: BRENDAN BECHTEL
CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BECHTEL CORP., RESTON
Virginia Business //March 1, 2026//
2026 Virginia Power 50 List: BRENDAN BECHTEL
CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BECHTEL CORP., RESTON
Virginia Business //March 1, 2026//
Serving as CEO since 2016 and chairman since 2017, Bechtel is the fifth generation to lead his family-owned global engineering, construction and project management company. Ranked the nation’s second largest construction company by Engineering News-Record in 2025, Bechtel Corp. has completed more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries since its 1898 founding. It was No. 11 on Forbes’ 2025 list of the nation’s largest privately owned companies, with $23 billion in revenue.
The firm’s portfolio includes massive infrastructure and industrial projects across the world, including the 85-station, six-line Riyadh Metro network in Saudi Arabia.
Last October, Bechtel signed an agreement to work on U.S. energy infrastructure as part of a $550 billion Japanese investment deal with the U.S. government.
Bechtel sits alongside heavy hitters like Apple CEO Tim Cook and JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon on the powerful board of the Business Roundtable, the association of the nation’s top CEOs.
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