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2025 Living Legends: MORRIS, NIGEL
In 1994, Morris co-founded Capital One Financial with Richard Fairbank, who remains the credit card giant’s chairman and CEO. Morris served as Capital One’s president and chief operating officer until 2004, when he decided it was time for something new. In 2007, Morris partnered with Frank Rotman to launch QED Investors, a fintech venture capital […]
2025 Living Legends: THOMPSON, BRUCE L.
One of Hampton Roads’ most prominent developers and hoteliers, Norfolk native Thompson is best known for developing the Cavalier Resort, which includes the restored historic Cavalier Hotel as well as two new hotels, restaurants and residences on 21 acres at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, a $435 million project. Thompson opened his first hotel in the […]
2025 Living Legends: SANGHANI, MEHUL P.
Sanghani announced his departure in February from the technology firm he founded nearly 20 years ago, writing, “Octo is not just something I built; it’s a part of me, as essential as any bodily organ. It is not something that can ever be transplanted or excised.” Sanghani was born in India and raised in Blacksburg, […]
2025 Living Legends: STRAVITZ, DR. R. TODD
A former liver surgeon who led VCU Health’s liver transplant program, Stravitz is now a prominent philanthropist who has made record-setting donations to William & Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University. A graduate of W&M and New York University’s medical school, Stravitz donated $104 million in 2022 to establish the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and […]
Living Legends 2025: Past Honorees
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2025 Living Legends: PAULETTE, WILLIAM A. ‘BILL’
In 1975, armed with $1,000 to invest, Paulette laid the foundation for what would become KBS. What started as a one-person company with an office in a sheet-metal shop has grown to a top-ranked mid-Atlantic construction firm, with $321 million in annual revenue and 110 employees in offices in Richmond and Virginia Beach. Its notable […]
2025 Living Legends: UKROP, ROBERT S. ‘BOBBY’
Although his family’s eponymous grocery chain has been out of business since 2009, Ukrop has continued his family’s legacy through the Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods brand of prepared foods and bakery operations, launched in 2010. Known for its fried chicken, potato wedges, rainbow cookies and White House Rolls, Ukrop’s products are regionally available at Kroger, Wegmans, [&helli[...]
2025 Living Legends: ARCHER, ROBERT A. ‘BOB’
Archer’s career began after earning a business degree in 1969, followed immediately by military service and a tour in Vietnam. Upon his discharge in 1972, Archer was named general manager and vice president of Blue Ridge Beverage, the wholesale beer, wine and nonalcoholic distributorship his family has owned and operated since 1959. He became chairman […]
2025 Living Legends: BARRY, CAROLYN AND RICHARD F.
Longtime Hampton Roads residents, the Barrys made a $35 million donation to Old Dominion University in 2016, then the Norfolk university’s largest individual gift, which funded the Barry Art Museum. Richard “Dick” Barry, whose father was a math professor at ODU, retired as vice chairman of Landmark Media Enterprises in 2010, and Carolyn Barry, a […]
BridgeTower Media acquires Grace Media, leader in window coverings industry
BridgeTower Media — parent company of Virginia Business and a leading provider of business intelligence, marketing solutions, and events across more than 40 specialized B2B brands — has acquired Grace Media, the company behind the International Window Coverings Expo (IWCE) and Window Fashion VISION magazine, including its digital platform www.wf-vision.com. As the premier annual event [&hellip[...]
