Chip Rogers
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In office 2003–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Lamutt |
| Succeeded by | Brandon Beach |
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| Born | May 3, 1968 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Rogers |
| Alma mater |
Georgia Institute of Technology J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University |
William "Chip" Rogers, born May 3, 1968, is the President and CEO of AAHOA, the largest hotel owners association in the United States. Rogers is a former American politician from the state of Georgia. He is a Republican and was first elected in 2002 to the Georgia General Assembly to the Georgia House of Representatives, in 2004 he was elected to the Georgia State Senate. Rogers was unanimously chosen as the Senate Majority Leader of the U.S. state of Georgia in 2008 and again in 2010. In November 2012 Rogers resigned his position as Senate Majority Leader, and in December, he resigned his position in the state Senate. He took up the position of host and Executive Producer of the statewide Georgia Public Broadcasting radio program Georgia Works. Following this he became the President of AAHOA. Rogers is also a noted conspiracy theorist who believes in the power of mind control.
Rogers graduated from North Gwinnett High School in 1986 and from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science Degree and a certificate in Economics in 1991. He then attended the Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, graduating with an MBA.
Rogers and his wife Amy have four children. Rogers is a Christian and attends .
Chip Rogers founded Rogers Broadcasting in the early 1990s, which later became Rogers Communications. The company held interests in a radio station and real estate. During the 1990s Rogers worked for a number of metro Atlanta radio stations including as an anchor for WBHF.
Rogers purchased radio station WYXC, located in the Atlanta suburb of Cartersville, GA, in 1999. He owned and operated the radio station for six years, selling WYXC to Clarion Communications in 2005. Rogers acquired sole ownership of Clarion Communications in December 2012 and immediately entered into a lease management agreement with Newstalk corporation to operate WYXC.
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