Business
R. Hugh Daniel and his brother Charles founded the Daniel Corporation in 1934. The company, as founded by Daniel and now as part of Fluor, specializes in large scale construction, real estate, and industrial contracting. The business grew to over 40,000 employees and produced over $950 million in revenue in 1975, two years before it was acquired by the Fluor Corporation in 1977. The corporation was known as Fluor Daniel until 2002, when “Daniel” was dropped from the name. Daniel was also the chairman of the board of directors for the Central Bank of Birmingham, now BBVA Compass. and served on the board of the bank’s parent corporation Central Banchares, Inc., served as a director for the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Baptist Hospitals Foundation, as well as several companies.
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