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In 1970, his wife's parents were killed in an automobile accident, leaving behind a small non-operational lumber treatment plant on the brink of bankruptcy. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 2 ] Unable to sell the plant, Rane returned to his hometown to manage it.
5 Απρ 2023 · Rane took over what became Great Southern in 1970, when the owners—his first wife’s parents—died in a car crash. It wasn’t much: a near-bankrupt backyard lumber treating plant with just ...
26 Απρ 2023 · Jimmy Rane took over a tiny treated-lumber business and used his showman flair for marketing to transform it into a major player. The Yella Fella of Abbeville is now Alabama's only billionaire...
Jimmy Rane is the dynamic President and CEO of Great Southern Wood Preserving, widely recognized as the “Yella Fella” from his company’s advertisements. He has become an icon in the lumber industry and a prominent figure in the American Southeast. Early life.
12 Μαΐ 2023 · Photo credit: Auburn University. In 1970, Jimmy Rane (OPM 11, 1986) took over a tiny treated-lumber business in Abbeville, Alabama, that was hovering near bankruptcy. Its owners, Rane's in-laws, had died suddenly in a car accident.
18 Μαΐ 2011 · Rane was a practicing attorney in Birmingham in 1970 when he acquired Great Southern following the deaths of its founders, his wife’s parents, in an auto accident. While he moved to Abbeville, he continued to practice law and head the company for another 15 years.
6 Μαρ 2012 · In 1970, a traffic accident changed the course of his life. His wife’s parents were killed in the accident, leaving as heirs Rane’s wife and her brother. “My wife’s father was a farmer in Abbeville, and he had a lot of land, ” Rane says.
