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Banking | Finance 2025: BRANCH, VICTOR K.
With more than 40 years of service at Bank of America, Branch has been president of the bank’s Richmond market since 2015. Bank of America reported $27.1 billion in net income in 2024 and employs 213,000 people globally. The immediate past chairman of the Virginia Bankers Association board and a William & Mary alum, Branch[...]
Banking | Finance 2025: BARKIN, THOMAS I.
Barkin has served as head of one of 12 regional Fed banks since 2018. Previously a voting member on the Fed’s powerful interest- setting Federal Open Market Committee in 2024, he rotated off in 2025. In May, Barkin told attendees at the Investing in Rural America Conference in Roanoke that the key to population and […]
2025 Living Legends: ASTON JR., G. ROBERT
Back in 1998, Aston and friends famously launched what would become Hampton Roads’ largest community bank from his garage. By April of the following year, TowneBank opened three offices with the support of 4,000 founding shareholders. Once the $203 million purchase of Old Point Financial is complete later this year, TowneBan[...]
Power Reading: How to get on the Virginia 500
Welcome to the sixth annual edition of the Virginia 500 — Virginia Business’ 2025-26 list of the commonwealth’s most powerful and impactful leaders in business, nonprofits, government and higher education.
