John Allison presents “Principled Leadership”--the principles by
which he lead while at BB&T. Mr. Allison is Retired Chairman and CEO
of BB&T Corporation, the 10th largest financial services holding
company headquartered in the U.S. Mr. Allison began his service with
BB&T in 1971. He became president of BB&T in 1987 and was
elected Chairman and CEO in July 1989. During Mr. Allison’s tenure as CEO
from 1989 to 2008, BB&T grew from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in
assets. In March 2009, he joined the faculty of Wake Forest University School
of Business as Distinguished Professor of Practice.
