Under Bob’s dynamic leadership and throughout its 55+ years in business, Toll Brothers has solidified its reputation as America’s Luxury Home Builder. The company went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1986, ultimately becoming a Fortune 500 company with $9 billion in annual home building revenues, and a presence that now spans over 60 markets in 24 states.īob served as Chairman and CEO of Toll Brothers from its founding until 2010 and remained on the Board of Directors thereafter until recently stepping back to Chairman Emeritus. With contracts in hand to build 20 more homes in the community, Toll Brothers was on its way.

They became the Company’s first decorated luxury model homes, an innovative selling concept that is now a signature Toll Brothers strategy. Instead of selling them, we used them as samples for the lots we owned down the street,' recalled Bob. Inspired by their father Albert, a home builder, the brothers built their first two colonial-style homes in suburban Philadelphia. After graduating from Cornell University and The University of Pennsylvania Law School, Bob practiced law for one year before founding Toll Brothers with his younger brother Bruce in 1967. Toll was born in 1940 and raised in Elkins Park, a suburb of Philadelphia. His lessons have been indelibly etched over the past half century in the minds of the entire Toll Brothers team and many of the industry’s current and future leaders.” “All of us who were lucky enough to spend time with Bob have been forever impacted by his huge heart, unique sense of humor, zest for life, and profound intelligence. Bob was a brilliant strategist and an incredible teacher and advisor. Yearley, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Toll Brothers. 'We are heartbroken by the passing of our founder, mentor, and dear friend,” said Douglas C. Bob Toll was an iconic industry leader who leaves behind an incredible legacy as a founder of one of the nation’s largest home builders and most admired luxury brands. He passed peacefully surrounded by his family following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Toll, the Company’s Co-Founder, and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

(NYSE: TOL) ( ), the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, today announced the passing of Robert I. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Toll Brothers, Inc.

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