- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Guy Woolford
- Date of Original:
- 1930/2022
- Subject:
- Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
Credit bureaus--Georgia--Atlanta
Retail Credit Company
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Equifax, Inc. - People:
- Woolford, Guy
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Guy Woolford and his brother, Cator, founded Retail Credit Company, which became Equifax in the 1970s. As a trustee of the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, Woolford helped to acquire land that would become a buffer for the Fernbank Forest.
Photograph of Guy Woolford, who, with his brother, Cator, founded Retail Credit Company in Atlanta, Georgia, which became Equifax in the 1970s.
One of the country's largest credit-reporting agencies, Equifax is one of Georgia's most profitable companies.
In the late 1940s he served as a trustee of the Fernbank Science Center and helped to acquire property that would ensure a buffer for the pristine Fernbank Forest. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax/m-10199/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Equifax
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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