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Building out
Hampton Roads always has plenty going on, and in this issue of Hampton Roads Business, we’ll take you on a tour around the region to check in on some of the largest and most consequential projects that are under development. In our main feature, “Latest and greatest,” freelance writer Jim Morrison will bring you up […]
How we assemble the Virginia 500
Welcome to our fifth annual edition of the Virginia 500! For those who aren’t familiar with the Virginia 500, we like to say that it’s like the Fortune 500 but instead of companies, it’s about people — specifically, the most powerful Virginia executives and officials in business, nonprofits, higher education, government and politics. The list […]
Virginia’s Fortune 500 companies
This year, 24 Virginia companies made Fortune magazine’s 70th annual Fortune 500 list, which ranks the nation’s largest corporations by total revenue. Several companies’ fortunes rose, with top-ranked Virginia company Freddie Mac moving up nine spots to No. 36 on the overall Fortune 500, posting $108.05 billion in revenue last year. Meanwhile, Virginia’s second-ranked company, […]
Va. lands back on top in CNBC survey
After downplaying his Democratic predecessor’s consecutive wins in CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study, Gov. Glenn Youngkin found himself as Virginia’s top cheerleader on CNBC July 11, playing the commonwealth regained its crown as No. 1. With this year’s win, the state has been named the nation’s top state for business a record six […]
Beauty and the C-suite
Virginia Business’ July issue cover art represents a significant amount of time and thoughtful planning — especially in considering what image we want to convey to you, the reader. From our viewpoint, the Women in Leadership cover should express strength and confidence — attributes that this year’s 38 award winners demonstrate daily as executives. A […]
Pivot points
Earlier this year, when I was invited to speak to a Henrico County Rotary chapter, I was asked several questions commonly heard these days by journalists. Do sources pay us to appear in our magazine stories? No. As an independent media outlet, we are not pay-to-play; we decide who and what we write about and […]
Flying off the glass cliff?
You’ve no doubt heard of the glass ceiling — the barrier above which women couldn’t rise professionally — but have you heard about the glass cliff? It’s not as familiar a term as the ceiling, but the glass cliff is real. It’s what happens when a woman or someone from another marginalized group is put […]
Which way the Venn blows
It feels like one of those logic puzzles high school students grapple with on the SAT: If Delegate Sally passes a law to require utilities in her state to generate all their electricity from renewable, carbon-free energy sources like wind and solar by 2045, what is the latest year CEO Tom’s power plant can stop […]
Dominion to sell 50% interest in offshore wind farm
Dominion Energy announced Feb. 22 it had reached an agreement with investment firm Stonepeak to sell a 50% noncontrolling stake in the utility’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project for nearly $3 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2024, if approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina […]
Health Care: A new horizon
Virginians could look back at 2024 a few years from now and see a turning point for health care in the commonwealth — the dawn of a “Virginia Research Triangle” in biotechnology, pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical research. In December 2023, the University of Virginia broke ground on the $350 million Paul and Diane Manning Institute […]
