Brendan Bechtel

Brendan Bechtel
Born
Brendan Peters Bechtel

1981 (age 42–43)
EducationMiddlebury College (BS)
Stanford University (MS, MBA)
Occupation(s)Chair and CEO of Bechtel
OrganizationBusiness Roundtable (board member)
FatherRiley P. Bechtel
Relatives

Brendan Peters Bechtel (born 1981) is an American businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer of Bechtel,[1] the second largest construction company in the United States,[2] which has operations in 160 countries.[3] The great-great-grandson of founder Warren A. Bechtel,[4] he became CEO at the age of 35,[5] and is the fifth generation of the Bechtel family to lead the privately owned company since 1898.[6] Bechtel chairs the infrastructure committee of the Business Roundtable,[3][1] a lobbying group representing CEOs of some of the largest companies in the country.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Brendan Bechtel, Chief Executive Officer". Bechtel. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "ENR 2022 Top 400 Contractors 1–100". Engineering News-Record. May 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Real Estate". Virginia Business. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tully May 2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Tully, Shawn (June 1, 2016). "One of the Largest Private Companies in the U.S. Just Named a 35-Year-old CEO". Fortune. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  6. ^ "Brendan becomes fifth generation Bechtel to take company chair". Global Construction Review. April 28, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  7. ^ "Members". Business Roundtable. Retrieved October 16, 2022.