Your Small Business Resource: First Friday
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Your Small Business Resource: First Friday
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Friday, October 3
7:30 am - 9 am
E|SPACES
1550 West McEwen Drive, Suite 300, Franklin
"Lessons Learned Through Entrepreneurship"
Speaker: Jim Ayers, Chairman of the Board, FirstBank
Jim Ayers grew up in rural West Tennessee in the town of Parsons. He has remained in constant touch with his roots, as has FirstBank - the financial services company that he nurtured from a single branch in Scotts Hill, Tenn., into Tennessee's largest independently owned and operated bank, with more than $2 billion in total assets and more than 40 locations.
After building successful health care and real estate ventures, Ayers and a business partner in 1984 bought Farmers State Bank in Scotts Hill. After moving the home office to Lexington, Tenn., in 1986 and acquiring First National Bank of Lexington, Ayers changed the bank's name to FirstBank and also became its sole owner. Since then, the bank has grown tremendously, in terms of both assets and the impact it has had on the communities it serves.
Ayers is perhaps most proud of his contributions to increasing educational opportunities for young people. In 1999, he established The Ayers Foundation, which supports a wide range of programs and institutions with an emphasis on education in Henderson and Perry counties, as well as his home county of Decatur. He also established and funded the Ayers Institute at Vanderbilt University, which conducts advanced cancer research, the Ayers Children's Hospital in Jackson, Tenn., and the Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning and Innovation at Lipscomb University.
Meeting Host:
Date and Time
Friday Oct 3, 2014
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CDT
Friday, October 3
7:30 am - 9 am
Location
E|SPACES
1550 West McEwen Drive, Suite 300
Franklin, TN 37067
Fees/Admission
No Charge for Chamber Members & Guests
Contact Information
Abby Bass
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