Chairman and chief executive officer, Dominion Resources
Thomas E. Capps was born on October 31st, 1935.
Thomas E. Capps was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in the United States.
University of North Carolina, BA, 1958; JD, 1965.
Inducted into the Greater Richmond, Virginia, Business Hall of Fame, 2001
Capps coupled his aggressive business instincts and no-nonsense management style with a relaxed, folksy Southern charm that took root in his Carolina childhood.
Capps created his own niche market of legal expertise by serving as counsel for a succession of utility power companies
Capps joined Virginia Power in 1984 in the capacity of executive vice president. Virginia Power was the principal subsidiary of Dominion Resources,
Within two years he was president of the parent company, Dominion Resources. Moreover, Capps's degrees in English literature and law provided him with enhanced communications skills, including the art of persuasive argument.
In 1990 Capps took over as chief executive officer and made the decision to sell Dominion's natural-gas distribution operations. He then formed joint ventures to develop natural gas reserves.
Upon being admitted to the North Carolina Bar Association in 1966, he practiced law in Winston-Salem from 1966 to 1970.
serving on the boards of the Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges and the College of William and Mary. He also served on the boards of several other corporations.
developed the company, based in Richmond, Virginia, from a one-dimensional provider of electricity to a multifaceted utility giant with several major subsidiaries.