Ron Hall
President & CEO
Bridgewater Interiors
Ron Hall is President and Chief Executive Officer at Bridgewater Interiors, LLC. Bridgewater is an automotive interior manufacturing firm, specializing in just-in-time assembly, sequencing, and delivery of seating systems. It employs 2,400 people at four facilities in the U.S. Ron has been with the company in various roles of increasing responsibility since 2007, succeeding his father, company founder Ron Hall, Sr., in 2015.
Bridgewater Interiors has been one of the country’s most prominent Minority Business Enterprise firms since it began operations in 1999. The company has secured multiple awards for its industry-leading manufacturing capabilities, including two Supplier of the Year awards, the Shingo Prize for organizational excellence, and four JD Power Awards for the quality of its products. In 2013, it was the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency’s Manufacturer of the Year. Bridgewater has also been repeatedly recognized for its charitable giving and civic volunteerism initiatives.
With some 2,400 full-time direct employees, Bridgewater is one of the largest black-owned employers in the U.S. Company leaders embrace the firm’s responsibility to demonstrate strong corporate citizenship in the communities where it operates, and, especially, it’s opportunity to champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts of all types in the business community.
A lawyer by training, Ron spent several years as a Detroit-based corporate attorney at Dykema, PLLC, a prominent business law firm. He earned his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a Darrow Scholar, received the Book Award, and served as an associate editor on the Michigan Journal of International Law.
Ron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Political Economy from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, and served several years on active duty as a U.S. Army field artillery officer. He attained the rank of captain and, among other awards, was decorated for meritorious service in the Persian Gulf War.
In addition to various business pursuits, Ron sits on multiple nonprofit boards, where he holds additional leadership and committee positions.