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100 Most Influential Georgians

Jerry Grillo,

This 16th edition of Georgia Trend’s 100 Most Influential Georgians includes, as always, some new names and some old ones, as leadership changes and recent achievements combine with resignations, retirements, course corrections and shifts in power to shake the list…
Features, People

Hall Of Fame: Lasting Influence

Jerry Grillo,

John Lewis U.S. Congressman Civil Rights Leader Atlanta Age: 73 John Lewis left the cotton fields of Alabama and became the conscience of a nation at war with itself. The scars still visible on his head are tangible reminders of…
Features, People

2014 Georgian of the Year

Susan Percy,

It isn’t much of a stretch to say that Kasim Reed is a lot like the city he will be governing for another four years – energetic, resilient, brash, pragmatic, competitive and results-oriented. And very likely the smartest guy in…
Business Industry, Features, People

Energizing The Markets

Susan Percy,

  When news broke late last year that IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. – ICE, the Atlanta-based energy trading company started by CEO Jeffrey Sprecher 13 years ago – was buying the New York Stock Exchange for some $8.2 billion, there were rumblings…
Business Industry, Features, People

Flying High

Susan Percy,

  Based in Savannah since 1967, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation has grown significantly in the last few years, expanding its Georgia footprint even as it became an international player. The company manufactures corporate jets, including the showpiece G650, which came to…