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100 People to Meet in 2025: Builders
These Virginians are building the future in bricks and mortar with major development projects in communities across the commonwealth. Barbara Benesh Founder, B. Grace Design, Norfolk Barbara Benesh has her eye on the prize for 2025: an expansion of her firm, B. Grace Design, to London. An architect, certified interior designer and watercolorist, Benesh will […]
Legal Elite 2024: Civil Litigation Q&A Bill O’Mara Jr.
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Partner/Attorney Other legal specialties: Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers exclusively represents people injured by the negligence of others with a focus on catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases arising from car, truck and motorcycle accidents. I also have experience representing people injured by negligent businesses and the government. [&h[...]
Out and About
1. On Sept. 15, San-J workers celebrated the soy sauce brand’s 220th anniversary with tours of the brand’s Henrico County facility, built in 1987. (Photo by James H. Loving, courtesy San-J) 2. Lego Group employee Kristopher Lugo shares a fun moment with Sheila from Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond as part of the […]
100 People to Meet in 2025: Hosts
Nourishing and delighting us, these Virginians welcome us to their communities through food, hospitality and entertainment. Patrick Cavanagh Owner and CEO, Norfolk Admirals, Norfolk Patrick Cavanagh’s first experience with Norfolk’s minor league hockey team, the Admirals, was as a player in 1989, the team’s inaugural season. Two years later, the Admirals won their first East [&he[...]
For the Record: December 2024
CENTRAL Richmond-based international foam producer Carpenter acquired omnichannel bedding brand Casper Sleep for an undisclosed amount, it announced Oct. 29. Under the agreement, Casper will operate as a subsidiary of Carpenter. The deal marks the third acquisition Carpenter has made in the past 16 months. In November 2023, Carpenter acquired North Carolina-based NCFI Polyurethanes. That [&helli[...]
Top Five December 2024
1 | Former NFL, U.Va. football player indicted on embezzlement charges Real estate developer Christopher Harrison was indicted on federal charges connected to a downtown Richmond residential project and Petersburg’s former Ramada Inn. (Oct. 21) 2 | Navy Federal ordered to refund customers $80 million, pay $15 million civil penalty The Consumer Financial […]
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 compa[...]
