Living Legends: J. ROBERT ‘BOB’ MOONEY

Mooney double-majored in accounting and art history at William & Mary. He’s split his adult life similarly, investing energy in both business and being an arts patron. 

Mooney’s professional résumé includes more than two decades working for what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as well as time at Ethyl Corp., where he was chief financial officer.

In 2011, Mooney co-founded venture capital firm NRV and serves as managing director, a role where he uses his business acumen and connections to guide entrepreneurs.

Dr. Eric Edwards has described Mooney’s mentoring as instrumental to Edwards’ co-founding of Phlow Corp., a pharmaceutical company working to build and strengthen a U.S. supply chain for essential medicines and pharma ingredients. Mooney was Phlow’s CFO when it landed a $354 million federal contract in 2020. Though he stepped down from that post in March, Mooney continues to work with Phlow as a consultant.

An avid art collector, Mooney has served on numerous boards for arts organizations and is vice chair emeritus of the Richmond Performing Arts Alliance, which he co-founded. And anyone who buys into the stereotype that accountants are dull can ask Mooney about his encounters with Andy Warhol.