Riley Bechtel

Riley Bechtel ran Bechtel, his family's construction and engineering firm, from 1990 to 2014. He stepped down as CEO in 2014 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.His son Brendan is the current chairman and CEO and the fifth generation to run the company.Together, Riley and Brendan own an estimated 20% of the company; Riley continues to serve as a Bechtel board member. Bechtel is the company behind projects such as the Hoover Dam and San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.He sits on advisory council of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Riley received a JD and MBA from Stanford in 1977.