These Georgians among the wealthiest people in the world, according to Forbes

ATLANTA — Forbes recently released its new list of the 400 richest people in the US and several in Georgia.

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Forbes has released its list of billionaires for 2024 and 10 people from Georgia are on the list.

This includes the owners of Chick-fil-A, Bubba Cathy, Dan Cathy and Trudy Cathy White, each with a net worth of $10.6 billion.

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Atlanta Falcons owner and Home Depot co-founder, Arthur Blank with $8.9 billion.

Then John Brown, former president of Stryker Corporation, a medical device and software company, has a net worth of $7.8 billion.

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Rounding up the list of Georgians includes, Gary Rollins and family who controls Orkn, one of the largest pest control companies by revenue.

Jim Kennedy, a former chairman of Cox Enterprises has a net worth of $6.6 billion.

Dan Kurzius and Ben Chestnut, co-founders of Mailchimp. Kurzuis is worth $5.7 billion and Chestnut is worth $5.1 billion.

Neal Aronson, who founded Roark Capital, which owns 30,000 sandwich shops of Jimmy John’s, Arby’s, Sonic, and Subway, is worth $4.1 billion.

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