Richard Dugas Jr. (born April 4, 1965 in Lafayette, Louisiana) was the chief executive officer of PulteGroup between 2003 and 2017.
Early life and education
Dugas received a Bachelor of Science from Louisiana State University in 1986.
Career
Dugas worked for Exxon and then Pepsi.
He then joined PulteGroup, based in Atlanta. After a few years, he was promoted to chief operating officer. In 2003, he became chief executive officer[1] and in 2009, he was named chairman. He retired effective in May 2017.[2]
In 2016, PulteGroup founder William J. Pulte said that "naming Dugas chief executive was ‘perhaps the biggest mistake of my career’".[3]
References
- Pulte Homes President and CEO Mark J. O'Brien Announces Plans to Leave the Company www.businesswire.com, 2003-05-13, retrieved 2020-06-24^
- PulteGroup Announces Richard Dugas To Retire As Chairman And CEO, Effective May 2017 PRNewswire, April 4, 2016^
- Chris Kirkham. PulteGroup Founder Calls to Remove Richard Dugas as CEO