Billy Payne

Billy Payne Olympic Order
Payne in 1994
Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club
In office October 16, 2006 – October 15, 2017
Preceded by	Hootie Johnson
Succeeded by	Fred Ridley
President and CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
In office August 9, 1992 – August 4, 1996
IOC President	Juan Antonio Samaranch
Preceded by	Pasqual Maragall
Succeeded by	John Iliffe
Chair of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	Committee established
Succeeded by	Position dissolved
Personal details
Born	William Porter Payne (1947-10-13) October 13, 1947 (age 77) Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Georgia (BA, JD)

William Porter Payne (born October 13, 1947) is the former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, having served in that position from 2006 to 2017 and overseeing 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.^[1] He is chairman of Centennial Holding Company, an Atlanta-based real estate investment concern.

Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, Payne was a leading advocate for bringing the Olympic Games to Atlanta and, in 1996, he was named president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.