Real Estate 2024: ALBERT G. ‘BEAU’ VAN METRE JR.

Van Metre’s late father founded his family real estate development company in 1955, partnering with B.B. Wills to build the first Van Metre Homes in Burke, a Fairfax County suburb.

Beau Van Metre joined the company in 1963. In 2002, he was appointed vice chairman, and he became chairman in 2008.

Today, the company has homebuilding, apartment, commercial, design and build, land development and mortgage divisions, along with golf course holdings. It owns and manages more than 1 million square feet of commercial space, primarily in Northern Virginia.

Van Metre is a trustee for the Van Metre Family Trusts and runs the Van Metre Family Foundation with his sister, Alison Van Metre Paley. It has donated more than $4.4 million to various charities since 2002. In 2014, the company formed the Van Metre Companies Foundation, which has donated more than $2.8 million to nonprofits, including Children’s National Hospital and HomeAid Northern Virginia.

Van Metre is well-known for winning the 1976 Newport Bermuda Race with his father, sailing Running Tide, the 60-foot yacht that he reacquired in 2018 and restored. He also won the 2022 New York Yacht Club Regatta.