Talk:Brendan Bechtel

This is not much of an article
I created this on the fly because it was astonishing to me that a seemingly rather "powerful" person is essentially nonexistent on WP. (More powerful, one could say, than Trump pre-presidency). I tried to Wikilink his name last year, which lasted about 30 mins as a redlink before reversion to plain text. It is not logical that the Bechtel articles on WP would lack this generation of the family. He is apparently cut from the same cloth as the other family members who have led the company; hence my efforts to get something started. I have it preserved in my sandbox, so if it needs to be killed as an article that is fine w/ me. I just thought I would put it out there in case anyone on the planet wondered about this Wikighost and searched for the name in the next few hours.--Quisqualis (talk) 04:07, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * , I have expanded and added references to the article. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  23:02, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Requested updates
Hello. Let me first disclose that I am an employee of Bechtel and have been tasked with representing the company on Wikipedia. Similarly to how I have worked on Bechtel, I will propose edits to this article on the Talk page. I will not be editing the article. That said, I have a few updates to offer that I think will be helpful in giving a more accurate description of Brendan Bechtel. Since you created this article, you might be interested in reviewing this request. Since this article is short, I have included my suggestions in the collapse box below, with the edited material in green text, followed by a collapse box with proper markup. In the first collapse box, you will see I: Also, you will notice that my proposed edits deletes Mr. Bechtel's birthday. I kindly ask Wikipedia editors to remove this information from the article, as this is private information Mr. Bechtel does not want widely available. Note that Mr. Bechtel has not shared this information in any publicly available source.
 * Updated with Mr. Bechtel's status as chairman and CEO
 * Clarified that Mr. Bechtel became CEO in 2016; chairman and CEO in 2017
 * Simplified one sentence to say Mr. Bechtel is the 5th generation of the Bechtel family "to lead the company"
 * Clarified that Mr. Bechtel's Master's degree is in "construction engineering and construction management"

Brendan Peters Bechtel is the chairman and CEO of the Bechtel Group, Inc., a privately-owned engineering, construction, and project management firm. He became CEO in 2016 and chairman & CEO in 2017. He is the great-great grandson of the founder of Bechtel, Warren A. Bechtel. and is the 5th generation of the Bechtel family to lead the company. He succeeded Bill Dudley as CEO and Riley Bechtel as chairman. He is the son of Riley P. Bechtel, who stepped down as CEO in 2014, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In 2003, he graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in geography, and then worked for the nonprofit Conservation Fund. He then began post-graduate studies, earning an MBA and a Master's degree in construction engineering and construction management from Stanford University. He is an advocate for increased use of Public–private partnerships to rebuild America's deteriorating infrastructure. In 2017, he was inducted into the exclusive Alfalfa Club in Washington, DC.

Brendan Peters Bechtel is the chairman and CEO of the Bechtel Group, Inc., a privately-owned engineering, construction, and project management firm. He became CEO in 2016 and chairman & CEO in 2017. He is the great-great grandson of the founder of Bechtel, Warren A. Bechtel. and is the 5th generation of the Bechtel family to lead the company. He succeeded Bill Dudley as CEO and Riley Bechtel as chairman. He is the son of Riley P. Bechtel, who stepped down as CEO in 2014, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In 2003, he graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in geography, and then worked for the nonprofit Conservation Fund. He then began post-graduate studies, earning an MBA and a Master's degree in construction engineering and construction management from Stanford University. He is an advocate for increased use of Public–private partnerships to rebuild America's deteriorating infrastructure. In 2017, he was inducted into the exclusive Alfalfa Club in Washington, DC.

Thank you. CM at Bechtel (talk) 19:44, 22 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Pinging Cullen328, who has edited this article previously, and Dormskirk, who has edited the main Bechtel article. As I noted in this edit request, I have a few suggestions to better describe Brendan Bechtel, and I ask that his date of birth be removed, as this is not information that Mr. Bechtel has made publicly available. Thank you. CM at Bechtel (talk) 17:44, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, . As you requested, I have removed his exact date of birth but left his year of birth, per WP:DOB. I do not have time at the moment to review the rest of the proposed changes, but I will do so later. I appreciate how thorough you are, and that you are clearly trying to comply with our policies and guidelines. Thank you.


 * Disclosure: My father, now deceased, worked for Bechtel for a year or two about 40 years ago. I do not think that this constitutes a conflict of interest, but if any editor disagrees, please let me know. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  18:55, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * , I think that all of your suggested changes have been incorporated. What do you think? Cullen328  Let's discuss it  05:52, 7 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Great work, Cullen328 and Dormskirk. I am appreciative of the help. The changes all look good. Thank you. CM at Bechtel (talk) 15:45, 7 July 2017 (UTC)