Owen Robertson Cheatham

Owen Robertson Cheatham (1902–1970) was an American businessman. He founded Georgia-Pacific, a formerly publicly traded corporation on the New York Stock Exchange from 1949 to 2005, now a subsidiary of Koch Industries. Biography Early life Owen Robertson Cheatham was born on July 9, 1902, in Concord, Campbell County, Virginia. He attended New Concord Presbyterian Church in Concord. Career In 1927, he founded the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co., (now known as Georgia-Pacific), a wholesaler of hardwood lumber headquartered in Augusta, Georgia. It was a publicly traded corporation on the New York Stock Exchange from 1949 to 2005. Under his tenure, it became a $750 million enterprise with a $1 billion+ asset base. It is now a subsidiary of Koch Industries.