Paul Bryant, Junior

Paul William Bryant Jr. (born c. 1945) is an American banker, investor and philanthropist from Alabama. Early life and family background Paul William Bryant Jr. was born circa 1945. His father, Bear Bryant, was an American football player and coach. Bryant graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with a degree in Commerce in 1966. Career Bryant founded the People's Bank in the late 1960s, and later sold it. He also served as general manager of minor league baseball's Birmingham Barons. By 1977, he established GreeneTrack, dog racing track located in Greene County, Alabama, with A. Wayne May, a veterinarian, and Sam Phelps, a lawyer. He went on to establish more tracks in Texas (for example in La Marque, Texas), Idaho, and Iowa. By 1995, they were incorporated as GreenTrack, Inc. As of 2009, he owned 72% of GreenTrack. Bryant is also the President of Greene County Greyhound Park. He also serves as the President of Green Group, Inc.