William H. Rogers, Jr.

William H. Rogers, Jr.
Nationality American
Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Georgia State University
Occupation Banker
Employer SunTrust Banks

William H. Rogers, Jr. is an American businessman.[1][2][3] He is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Banks.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Early life

William H. Rogers, Jr. received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. from Georgia State University.[2][3][5][6]

Career

Rogers started his career at the Trust Company of Georgia, later merged with SunTrust Banks.[1] He was Corporate Executive Vice President, and later Chief Operating Officer.[2][7] He has been President since December 12, 2008, CEO since April 2011, and Chairman since January 1, 2012, replacing James M. Wells, III.[2][3][5][6][7][8] The bank has $32 billion in local deposits and 187 area branches.[9] [10] In 2012, under his first year of tenure, profits jumped to US$1.96 billion, partly thanks to the sale of shares in the Coca-Cola Company.[9][10]

He has been a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta since January 1, 2012.[2][5] He has served on the Board of Directors, as well as Audit and Compensation Committees of Books-A-Million, the second largest chain of bookstores in the United States, since November 2000.[1][5][6][11]

In 2012, he earned US$2.83 million.[3]

Philanthropy

Rogers formerly sat on the Board of Trustees of The Lovett School.[5][6] He is the Chair of the Board of Directors for Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, and sits on the Board of Trustees of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta.[5][6][12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forbes
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Forbes 2012
  4. ↑ SunTrust Banks Board of Directors
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Operation Hope
  7. 1 2 3 Sara Lepro, Can New CEO Keep SunTrust Independent?, American Banker, April 2011
  8. 1 2 Rogers named SunTrust chairman, Memphis Business Journal, November 16, 2011
  9. 1 2 SunTrust Q3 earnings spike to $1.07 billion on Coca-Cola sale, Atlanta Business Chronicle, October 12, 2012
  10. 1 2 Jacques Couret, SunTrust profit jumps to $1.96B in 2012, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Jan 18, 2013
  11. ↑ Books-A-Million company profile
  12. ↑ Jacques Couret, Woodruff Arts Center names 12 trustees, Atlanta Business Chronicle, June 07, 2012
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