HORSHAM, Pa., Sept. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced that Richard T. Hartman, president and chief operating officer, will retire from the Company on December 31, 2019.

The Company also announced that, in conjunction with Mr. Hartman’s retirement, James W. Boyd and Robert Parahus, each currently Regional Presidents with over 30 years of experience in the home building industry, will succeed Mr. Hartman on November 1, 2019. Mr. Boyd currently has oversight responsibility for California, Nevada and Idaho and Mr. Parahus has similar responsibility for New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida, as well as Toll Integrated Systems, the Company’s building component manufacturing operations. In their new roles, Mr. Boyd will have responsibility for the Company’s western region and Mr. Parahus its eastern region. They will serve as Executive Vice Presidents and Co-Chief Operating Officers. Responsibility for the roles previously held by Mr. Boyd and Mr. Parahus will be assumed by regional presidents within the Company’s management team.

“Since joining Toll Brothers nearly 40 years ago, Rick has been integral to advancing the growth of the Company from a local builder to a national Fortune 500 Company and has been an invaluable mentor to generations of current leaders,” said Douglas C. Yearley, Jr., the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “His contributions have laid the cornerstone for our success and will have a lasting impact. We wish Rick all the best in his retirement.” Mr. Yearley continued, “As we say good-bye to Rick, we are excited to have Jim Boyd and Rob Parahus step into the roles of co-COOs. Each brings decades of experience and proven track records of success managing through multiple cycles at Toll Brothers.”

Mr. Boyd has over 36 years of experience in the homebuilding industry. After running his own homebuilding company, he joined Toll Brothers in 1993 to oversee the Company’s entry into the California market. He was appointed Regional President in 2005. His involvement in the industry includes membership on the California Building Industry Association’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Mr. Boyd holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Law Degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was recently inducted into the California Homebuilding Foundation Hall of Fame.

Mr. Parahus began his career with Toll Brothers in 1986. In 1992 and 1993, he led Toll Brothers’ expansion into Connecticut and New York. He was appointed Regional President in 2006. In addition to his oversight responsibility for homebuilding operations in various eastern markets, he oversees Toll Integrated Systems, the Company’s building component manufacturing operations, with five plants located in the eastern United States. Mr. Parahus holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Architectural Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.

Toll Brothers, Inc., A FORTUNE 500 Company, is the nation's leading builder of luxury homes. The Company began business over fifty years ago in 1967 and became a public company in 1986. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TOL.” The Company serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers, as well as urban and suburban renters. It operates in 23 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, as well as in the District of Columbia.

Toll Brothers builds an array of luxury residential single-family detached, attached home, master planned resort-style golf, and urban low-, mid-, and high-rise communities, principally on land it develops and improves. The Company acquires and develops rental apartment and commercial properties through Toll Brothers Apartment Living, Toll Brothers Campus Living, and the affiliated Toll Brothers Realty Trust, and develops urban low-, mid-, and high-rise for-sale condominiums through Toll Brothers City Living. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development and land sale, golf course development and management, and landscape subsidiaries. Toll Brothers also operates its own security company, TBI Smart Home Solutions, which also provides homeowners with home automation and technology options. The Company also operates its own lumber distribution, house component assembly, and manufacturing operations. Through its Gibraltar Real Estate Capital joint venture, the Company provides builders and developers with land banking, non-recourse debt and equity capital.

In 2019, Toll Brothers was named World’s Most Admired Home Building Company in Fortune magazine’s survey of the World’s Most Admired Companies, the fifth year in a row it has been so honored. Toll Brothers has won numerous other awards, including Builder of the Year from both Professional Builder magazine and Builder magazine, the first two-time recipient from Builder magazine. For more information, visit www.tollbrothers.com

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