Donald R Horton

Donald R. Horton, founder and chairman of the board for D.R. Horton Inc., died suddenly Thursday May 9 2024, Horton, 74, grew the publicly traded company into a homebuilding powerhouse since building his first home in Fort Worth in 1978. Now headquartered in Arlington, the company has built over 1 million homes since it was founded in 1978 and has been ranked as the largest U.S. homebuilder by volume since 2002. D.R. Horton operates in 33 states and employs over 13,000 workers nationwide. Horton had been Chairman of the Board of D.R. Horton since it was formed in July 1991, and he was President from July 1991 until November 1998. He has been involved in the real estate and homebuilding industries since 1972, and he was the founder, sole or principal stockholder, director and president of each of D.R. Horton's predecessor companies since their respective organization, which date from 1978 to 1990. Horton is survived by his wife, Marty, their children Ryan and Reagan, and four grandchildren: Douglas, Madeline, Derek and Shelby