Meet Greg
Investor, Entrepreneur, Author, and Founder of The Barron Companies.
Greg Barron is the CEO of The Barron Companies, Inc. He has successfully launched, merged, acquired and purchased companies over the last four decades in Commercial Construction, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Facility Services, Real Estate Development and Real Estate Financial Modeling Software.
His companies have executed over $750,000,000 in transactional projects in 16 states and five of his companies are still active today. Greg has earned a BA in Management from Dallas Baptist University and a BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Arlington where he received the Distinguished Alumni of the Year award in 2010. He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School, OPM and an Alumni of London Business School in Corporate Finance.
Greg has served on the Board of Directors of publicly traded First Financial Bank and as the President of the Advisory Board for the College of Business for The University of Texas at Arlington as well as numerous Advisory Boards for real estate, construction, engineering and national non-profits. Greg and his wife and Partner Lisa reside in Horseshoe Bay, Texas as empty nesters with their dog Stella.
Greg Barron is the CEO of The Barron Companies, Inc. He has successfully launched, merged, acquired and purchased companies over the last 37 years in Commercial Construction, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Facility Services, Real Estate Development and Real Estate Financial Modeling Software.
His companies have executed over $750,000,000 in transactional projects in 16 states and five of his companies are still active today. Greg has earned a BA in Management from Dallas Baptist University and a BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Arlington where he received the Distinguished Alumni of the Year award in 2010. He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School, OPM and an Alumni of London Business School in Corporate Finance.
Greg has served on the Board of Directors of publicly traded First Financial Bank and as the President of the Advisory Board for the College of Business for The University of Texas at Arlington as well as numerous Advisory Boards for real estate, construction, engineering and national non-profits. Greg and his wife and Partner Lisa reside in Horseshoe Bay, Texas as empty nesters with their dog Stella.
From the Cockpit to the Boardroom
Greg’s journey from a Corporate Pilot to the boardroom is a testament to the transformative power of curiosity and creativity which is the driving force behind the creation of a diverse range of companies. With a career spanning four decades, Greg’s commitment to education, innovation and process have led him to establish The Barron Companies ‑ a dynamic family of enterprises encompassing engineering, construction, real estate, and software development.
Greg’s insatiable curiosity and willingness to combine strategy with calculated risk-taking has allowed his companies to go beyond normal comfort zones to provide solutions to unconventional challenges that have garnered over 13 state and national awards in design, construction and development.
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