Prominent Richmonders gave almost $30 million to nonprofits and other organizations last year, according to the Generous Virginians Project, an annual report recently released by Virginia Business magazine. The magazine contacted 260 companies, 100 families and more than 225 nonprofit organizations to provide their top 15 donations of at least $25,000 since January 2010. The… Read more »
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Fantastic…Richmond doesn’t make the list
Among the 50 fastest growing companies in the state, none were based in Richmond, according to a list released last week by Virginia Business magazine. Virginia Business’ Fantastic 50 lists the fasting growing companies in Virginia based on revenue growth over the four year period from 2006 to 2009. Forty of the 50 companies on… Read more »
They’ve got connections
Richmond executives accounted for 10 of the 25 most well connected state business leaders.
A problem with all these ‘solutions’
Virginia Business’s magazine releases its list of the 50 fastest growing companies in Virginia. A few thoughts: Twenty percent had “solutions” in their names, and most were related to technology. And not one firm was in Richmond.
Highest Paid Execs in Richmond
Thirteen out of the top 40 highest paid executives of publicly traded companies are based in Richmond, according to the most recent issue of Virginia Business magazine. The following figures are total annual compensation and only for companies with at least $1 billion in revenue: Louis Camilleri of Altria: $24 million Thomas Farrell, Dominion Resources:… Read more »
Richest Richmonders
Virginia Business magazine released its list of the 100 Richest Virginians. The top 5 Richmonders are: 1. The Gottwald Family, net worth, $713 million 2. The Estes Family, net worth, $400 million 3. The Robins Family, net worth $400 million 4. The Sauer Family, net worth $250 million 5. Richard Sharp, (retired chairman of CarMax)… Read more »
Really easy being green
Virginia Business Magazine goes green for the April issue. (No, the paper doesn’t feel recycled, but the stories are all about the greening of businesses around the Commonwealth.) Like every piece ever written about the subject, there’s a ubiquitous “Not-easy-being green,” Kermit-the-Frog reference (p.25). The thing is, it’s not that hard to go green. Virginia… Read more »