Also effective with the start of the new year, the company's founder, William J. Pulte, assumed the role of chairman of the board, a position that he has held previously.
"From last year's strong business performance, to our merger with Del Webb to being named Builder of the Year, we enter 2002 with tremendous momentum and with opportunities to build on the results of 2001," O'Brien says.
O'Brien has served in a number of leadership roles over his 18 years with the company. Since 1997, he has been chief operating officer of Pulte, with day-to-day responsibility for the company's domestic, active adult, international and mortgage operations. He was named as president in 1998.
O'Brien was also instrumental in the company's acquisition of Del Webb Corp., a large builder of active adult communities, in July 2001.
Following its merger with Del Webb, the company now builds age-restricted and age-targeted communities serving the active adult buyer.
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