Roy Carroll

As the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Carroll Companies, Roy Carroll has built thousands of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings throughout North and South Carolina, with assets in the hundreds of millions of dollars. For his improvements to the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, Roy Carroll won the Downtown Greensboro Person of the Year award in 2006. In 2010, Junior Achievement of Central North Carolina, Inc. named Roy Carroll its Hall of Fame Laureate, in honor of his entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to his community.

In addition to being a renowned businessperson, Roy Carroll also serves his local and global community as a philanthropist and civic leader. In 2006, Roy Carroll created the Building an End to Diabetes program, which donates some of the money received from the sale of new homes to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRFI). Since its inception, Roy Carroll’s program has contributed $634,000 to JDRFI. Roy Carroll seeks to expand the program to include other builders in Greensboro and throughout the United States.

By donating more than $10,000 annually to causes that benefit the mission of United Way Worldwide, Roy Carroll achieved status in the organization’s Tocqueville Society. The North Carolina-based nonprofit group Samaritan’s Purse also benefits from Roy Carroll’s contributions, as it continues its quest to offer spiritual and medical aid to victims of war, poverty, and disease throughout the world.

At home in Greensboro, Roy Carroll aids his local community by serving on the boards of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, Greensboro College, and the Piedmont Triad Film Commission.