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Manufacturing 2025: JAIN, PRABHAT
CEO, VIRGINIA TRANSFORMER, ROANOKE
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Manufacturing 2025: JAIN, PRABHAT
CEO, VIRGINIA TRANSFORMER, ROANOKE
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Jain has been CEO of Virginia Transformer, the continent’s largest U.S.-owned power transformer manufacturer, since 1982 — 14 years after he arrived from India, mechanical engineering degree in hand. Over the past four decades, he has grown the company from 35 employees to more than 2,700 across six plants.
Jain started as a machine shop foreman in 1965 at Hindustan Motors in India and worked as a product engineer for Robinson-Halpern, later becoming division manager. There, Jain secured a patent for a high-temp accelerometer. He earned his master’s in material science at Villanova University and an MBA at University of Lynchburg.
In January, Bloomberg reported that Virginia Transformer is exploring a sale that could value the company at more than $6 billion.
Roanoke Area Ministries is working to relocate from its longtime home on Campbell Avenue to a renovated building on Elm Avenue in 2026. The facility will be named the Jain Care Center after Jain’s family, who donated an undisclosed amount.
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