Arthur Blank bumps up, Kennedy family slides down 2019 Forbes billionaires list


Jim Kennedy remains the richest billionaire living in the Peach State, but his fortune has taken a hit when compared to this time last year, according to the latest rankings by Forbes.

Kennedy, the 71-year-old chairman of privately held automotive and media company Cox Enterprises, has a net worth of $9.3 billion, according to Forbes, making him the 153rd-richest person in the world. But that is down from $13 billion as of March 2018.

Kennedy's relatives, James Cox Chambers, 61, Katharine Rayner,…

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