Gwinnett-based RockTenn, a packaging manufacturer, grew substantially in size and visibility with its 2011 acquisition of Smurfit-Stone, a larger Midwestern company. As a result, RockTenn is a $9-billion corporation with more than 26,000 employees; and, after several years of…
Truett Cathy presides over a $5-billion-a-year corporation built on the simplest of concepts, a boneless chicken breast sandwich covered in a seasoned coating and served on a hamburger bun. “People say there is nothing so great about putting out…
Herman Russell’s Castleberry Hill office is close – but not too close – to the offices of H.J. Russell & Company, the mega-construction firm he started years ago that is now run by his son, Michael. It’s a quick…
A fast-food pioneer and a construction industry entrepreneur, both known for their philanthropy, are the new Georgia Trustees for 2013. Truett Cathy, founder of the Chick-fil-A chain of restaurants, and Herman Russell, founder of H.J. Russell & Company and a…
R. Charles “Charlie” Loudermilk Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Aaron’s, Inc. Age: 85 Atlanta It is the classic American success story. An Atlanta native, Charlie Loudermilk decided early on he wanted to be a millionaire and saw the rental business…
Henry Ward Beecher must have known a thing or two about influence. He was the subject, after all, of a 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography entitled The Most Famous Man in America. According to Beecher, an obviously renowned 19th century preacher,…
Ani Agnihotri, Founder/Managing Partner of consulting firm U.S. India Business and Research Center (USIBRC) Dr. J. Scott Angle, Dean and Director of UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Joel Babbit, CEO and Co-founder, Mother Nature Network Cheryl A.…
Nathan Deal wants to make Georgia the No. 1 place in the country to do business. He is crystal clear on that. As governor, he can already claim a pair of big successes: Last year Caterpillar, the construction equipment manufacturer,…
Jimmy Carter must have figured out a way to recycle time, because the man doesn’t waste a minute. He gets more done before lunch than most people half his age accomplish in a day, reading a cyber-stack of newspapers…
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