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Toll Brothers is a Horsham, Pennsylvania based company and the largest Builder of luxury homes and luxury communities in the United States.


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  Company Name Toll Brothers
  Company Logo
  Company Type Public ( NYSE : TOL )
  Company Slogan ''America's Luxury Home Builder''
  Foundation 1967
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/United_States" class="copylinks">United States
  Key People Robert I Toll , Chairman , CEO <br> Zvi Barzilay , COO <br> Bruce E Toll , Vice Chairman<br>Joel H Rassman, CFO Barry Depew , Vice President
  Industry Construction
  Num Employees 5,581 (2005)
  Revenue $586 billion USD (2005)
  Products Homes<br>



COMPANY PERSPECTIVES


Toll Brothers Inc. is a leading U.S. homebuilder, constructing some 8,000 homes annually. Most are single-family luxury residences. Toll is distinguished in its industry by a long record of profitability and revenue growth. Subsidiaries produce homebuilding supplies such as lumber products and offer a variety of consumer services ranging from insurance to cable television. Toll is active in about 300 communities in 20 states and is strongest in the Mid-Atlantic.


KEY DATES


1967: The business is formed in Pennsylvania by Robert I. Toll and Bruce E. Toll.

1979: Annual revenues approach $50 million.

1982: Toll Brothers expands to New Jersey.

1986: A public offering raises $40 million.

1995: Geoffrey H. Edmunds & Associates is acquired, and the company expands into the Sunbelt.

1999: Detroit's Silverman Companies is acquired.

2003: Jacksonville, Florida-based Richard R. Dostie, Inc., and The Manhattan Building Company are acquired.



HISTORY



MARKETS

Toll Brothers operates in the following states:



PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES


Advanced Broadband L.P.; Westminster Insurance Agency, Inc.; Westminster Mortgage Corporation; Westminster Title Company, Inc.; Toll Integrated Services (TIS); Toll Landscape; and Eastern States Engineering (ESE)


PRINCIPAL COMPETITORS

Companies often competing in the same markets as Toll Brothers include Centex , D.R. Horton , KB Home , Lennar Corporation , Pulte Homes Inc. , and Ryland Group Inc.


SOURCES


"Toll Brothers Inc.: Introduction." International Directory of Company Histories. Ed. Tina Grant. Vol. 70. Thomson Gale, 2005. eNotes.com. 2006. 24 Oct, 2006


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