Chief Executive Officer
CurrentA subsidiary company of Hollingsworth Funds Inc. (HF), Verdae Development Inc. (VDI) was born of generosity and a passion for the community. When the late John D. Hollingsworth Jr. passed away in 2000, the bulk of his self-made fortune, valued at some $290 million, was passed to HF with the specific charge to foster good works in perpetuity. In time, VDI was created to manage the Verdae project - a 1,100-acre community development plan whose proceeds directly benefit the people of Greenville County. In 2022, with roughly 8,200 residents, 160 businesses and 5,200 jobs created to date, HF and VDI, have reenvisioned the remaining land sitting along the Laurens Road corridor between Laurens Road and the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail extending around to the frontage of I-85. Not only reenvisioning the Laurens Road corridor but how Verdae Development, Inc operates as a developer, joint ventures partner, equity partner and landlord with best in class partners to build a one of a kind destination that thinks strategically about todays realities.