William H. Rogers Jr.

William H. Rogers Jr.
Born1957 or 1958 (age 66–67)
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BSBA)
Georgia State University (MBA)
OccupationBanker
TitleChairman and Chief Executive Officer, Truist Financial Corporation

William H. Rogers Jr. (born 1957/58) is an American businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer of Truist Financial Corporation.

He was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks. In December 2019, Charlotte-based Truist was created through a merger of equals between SunTrust and Winston-Salem-based BB&T. Truist is currently the sixth largest U.S. bank, and the merger was the biggest bank deal since the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Rogers became president and chief operating officer of Truist after the merger, and he became CEO in September 2021.[1][2]

  1. ^ "BB&T and Suntrust to combine in an all-stock merger of $66 billion". CNBC. Reuters. February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Trubey, J. Scott. "SunTrust merger with BB&T means another bank HQ leaving for Charlotte". ajc.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 8 February 2019.