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Real Estate 2025: WILLS, BOB
CEO, THE BRANCH GROUP, ROANOKE
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
In September 2024, Wills was tapped to succeed Don Graul as CEO. The construction company with clients throughout the mid-Atlantic and Southeast has more than 1,400 employees and reported 2024 revenue of
$781.79 million. Branch’s CFO from 2017 to December 2024, Wills also was CFO at M+W Americas, a global engineering, procurement and construction firm.
In June, Branch was recognized by the Carolinas Associated General Contractors with its Community Impact Award for Branch’s work in disaster response and recovery in North Carolina following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Roads & Bridges magazine named the NC 540 Triangle Expressway, a Branch project, its No. 1 road of 2024.
A Texas State University alum, Wills earned his MBA from Regis University. He serves on the boards of Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley and Blue Ridge Innovation Corridor.
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