William Porter Payne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetWilliam Porter Payne
American sports administrator
Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1947
Place of Birth: Athens, Georgia, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About William Porter Payne
- William Porter "Billy" Payne (born October 13, 1947) is the former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, having served in that position from 2006 to 2017 and oversaw the introduction of the first women to the club's membership rolls.
- He was Managing Director of Gleacher & Company, Vice Chairman of Bank of America, Vice Chairman of Premiere Global Services, Inc., Vice Chairman of WebMD, and a member of the Board of Directors of Lincoln National Corporation and Cousins Properties.
- He is 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 (ACOG).
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