Randoph Nicklas Reynolds Sr.

1941 - 2024

REYNOLDS, Randoph Nicklas Sr., was born in Louisville, KY on November 22, 1941, to William Gray Reynolds and Mary Spottswood Nicklas Reynolds. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Susan Van Reypen Reynolds; sons, Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr. (Clay), Ralph S. Reynolds (Missy), and Robert G. Reynolds (Gaylen); and grandsons, Randolph N. Reynolds, III (Sara), Christopher R. Reynolds, Adam O. C. Reynolds, Nicklas B. Reynolds; and great-grandson, Gage W. Reynolds. He is also survived by his sisters, Louise R. Belmont and Mary R. Simpson. He was preceded in death by his brother, William G. Reynolds, Jr.; and his grandson, Sean R. Reynolds.

He graduated from St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island in 1961 where he was a senior prefect and played football, basketball, wrestling, and tennis. He was inducted into their Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. He went on to Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966.

Mr. Reynolds had a long and successful career at Reynolds Metals Company that was founded by his grandfather, Richard S. Reynolds. He started in 1969 in Sales and became President of Reynolds International, Inc. at the age of 37 in 1978 and then CEO in 1981. He was elected to the Reynolds Metals Company Board of Directors in 1984. He was elected Executive Vice President of Reynolds Metals Company where he had several global business units reporting to him including Bauxite & Alumina, Metals & Carbon Products, Construction & Distribution, Transportation, Emerging Markets, and Energy & Hedging units which included all of the company's aluminum metal hedging.

After retiring from Reynolds Metals Company in 2000, Mr. Reynolds helped put together an investment group to take over the Alumina Company of Guinea, a joint venture company that leased the assets and managed the operations of Friguia, a four-decade-old bauxite mining and alumina production facility located in Guinea, West Africa. He helped sell their interest to RUSAL, a Russian aluminum company, in November 2002.

Mr. Reynolds is also Principal of Reynolds Development Company, a private real estate management and development company which he founded in 2001 with his late brother, William G. Reynolds, Jr., and sons, Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr. and Robert G. Reynolds and his cousin, J. Sargeant Reynolds, Jr. The company specializes in commercial real estate investing, management, and development. In Richmond, Virginia, the company owns and manages Reynolds Crossing located at Broad Street and Interstate 64.

Mr. Reynolds was currently serving on the Board of RUSAL, the world's second-largest aluminum company.

He previously served on numerous other boards including First Union National Bank, Carpenter Company, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), a Russian steel company headquartered in Moscow, and was appointed by President Bill Clinton to Chairman of the Board of the Defense Enterprise Fund, a non-profit organization that assisted in the conversion of defense firms in Russia and other former Soviet states to peaceful purposes, until its completion in April 2006. He served under Secretaries of Defense, William Perry (1995) and William Cohen (1999).

Mr. Reynolds was Bellarmine University's Alumnus of the Year in 1994 and a member of their Gallery of Distinguished Graduates as well as a former member of their Board of Trustees. Mr. Reynolds was inducted into the Richmond Business Hall of Fame in 2020.

Mr. Reynolds was currently serving as President of The Richard S. Reynolds Foundation as well as The Randolph and Susan Reynolds Foundation and The William G. Reynolds, Jr. Charitable Foundation.

He was a skilled golfer and tennis player with five holes-in-one to his name. His passion for thoroughbred horse racing came naturally from his father and Uncle David P. Reynolds. He proudly had ownership in Honor Code and Flightline through Woodford Racing.

A funeral service for Mr. Reynolds will take place on Wednesday, May 22nd at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Episcopal Church located at 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to either Companions for Heroes, 501 Gloucester St., Suite 102, Brunswick, GA 31520 on whose Board he served or The Elizabeth Dole Foundation, 600 New Hampshire Avenue N.W., 10th Floor Washington, D.C. 20037.