Robert Edward Simon, Jr. (April 10, 1914 – September 21, 2015) was an American real estate entrepreneur, most known for founding the community of Reston, Virginia.

In 1961, with the proceeds from the sale of a family property, Carnegie Hall, Simon purchased 6,750 acres (27 km2) of land in Fairfax County, Virginia and hired Conklin + Rossant[9] to develop a master plan for the new town of Reston, Virginia, a planned community well known on the national level.

)[3][10] Simon's new town concept emphasized quality of life for the individual and provided a community where people could live, work, and play without driving long distances.

[11] In that same year a bronze statue of Simon was placed on a park bench in Washington Plaza on Lake Anne, the original heart of the community he built.

[13] He was survived by his fourth wife (married 2004), Cheryl Terio-Simon; a daughter, Margo Prescott-Morris her 2 children (Robert's grandchildren) Christine Doolin, Noah Prescott along with great-grandchildren Sara Collier, Austin Ingram, Ashton Prescott and 8 great-great grandchildren.