William Porter Payne

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1947 –

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Who is William Porter Payne?

William Porter "Billy" Payne is the chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, having served in that position since 2006 and overseen the introduction of the first women to the club's membership rolls. He is also a Chairman of Centennial Holding Company, an Atlanta-based real estate investment concern. Through the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a leading advocate for bringing the Olympic Games to Atlanta and, in 1996, Payne was named president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.

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Born
Oct 13, 1947
Athens
Education
  • University of Georgia

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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