Manufacturing 2025: LUCK IV, CHARLES ‘CHARLIE’

Representing the third generation of the Luck family at the helm, Charlie Luck IV became president of the 102-year-old crushed stone company in 1995 and additionally CEO in 1999.

While studying at Virginia Military Institute, he officially joined the family business as a summer trainee. After graduating with a degree in civil engineering in 1983, Luck was a NASCAR driver before coming home in 1987 to be part of a Luck training program.

Luck’s son, Richard, was named company president in November 2024, carrying on the family legacy.

Employing approximately 1,020 people, Luck Cos. is best known for providing construction aggregates and decorative stone but also has interests in environmental performance products and commercial real estate. The company’s footprint extends across Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

In September 2024, the Goochland County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Luck Stone’s expansion of its Rockville quarry operations to include 70 acres bordering Henrico County, despite objections from residents of both counties.

In 2015, Luck launched the InnerWill Leadership Institute, which trains executives in “values-based leadership,” a philosophy launched at Luck Cos.

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