ATLANTA — Can you guess who the richest people in Georgia are?
Forbes has released its yearly list of worldwide billionaires and out of 2,668 billionaires worldwide, 18 Georgia residents made the list, according to Patch.com.
They are business owners and tech titans, media moguls and restaurant founders -- and one very familiar Georgia filmmaker.
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Three are new to the list this year, including Trudy Cathy White, the only daughter of Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy; Tope Awatona, the founder and CEO of scheduling software company Calendly; and Jeff Sprecher, founder and CEO of global stock exchange operator International Exchanges.
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The richest Georgia billionaire is worth $8.6 billion.
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Here’s the full list:
Bernard Marcus, Home Depot: $8.7 billion
Jim Kennedy, Cox Enterprises: $7.8 billion
Arthur Blank, Home Depot/Atlanta Falcons: $7.1 billion
John Brown, medical equipment: $5.4 billion
Gary Rollins, pest control: $5.3 billion
Ben Chestnut, email marketing: $5 billion
Dan Kurzius, email marketing: $5 billion
Bubba Cathy, Chick-fil-A, net worth: $4.6 billion
Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A, net worth: $4.6 billion
Trudy Cathy White, Chick-fil-A: $4.6 billion
Ted Turner, cable television: $2.3 billion
Joe Rogers Jr., Waffle House: $2 billion
David Zalik, financial technology: $1.9 billion
Tope Awatona, scheduling software company Calendly: $1.4 billion
Sara Blakely, Spanx: $1.1 billion
Ronald Clarke, payments technology: $1.1 billion
Tyler Perry, movies and television: $1 billion
Jeff Sprecher, global stock exchange operator ICE: $1 billion
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