James Cox Chambers

For his son, James Cox Chambers Jr., see Fergie Chambers.

James Cox Chambers (born 1956/57) is an American billionaire heir, renewable energy businessman, and filmmaker. As of May 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$4.7 billion.^[3]

James Cox Chambers
Born	1956 or 1957 (age 67–68)[1] Atlanta, Georgia, US[2]
Education	Bard College
Occupation(s)	Renewable energy entrepreneur, biodynamic farmer, and filmmaker
Known for	16.3% share in Cox Enterprises
Spouses	Lauren Hamilton ​ ​ (m. 1982, divorced)​ Nabila Khashoggi ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	2, including Fergie
Parent(s)	Robert W. Chambers Anne Cox Chambers
Relatives	James M. Cox (grandfather) Katharine Rayner (half-sister) Margaretta Taylor (half-sister) Barbara Cox Anthony (aunt) James C. Kennedy (first cousin) Blair Parry-Okeden (first cousin) Margaret Hamilton (former-mother-in-law)

Early life

Chambers is the son of Anne Cox Chambers, the former US Ambassador to Belgium,^[4] and the grandson of newspaper publisher, three-time Governor of Ohio, and 1920 Democratic nominee for President James M. Cox. He has two half-sisters from his mother's first marriage, Katharine Ann Johnson and Margaretta Johnson. He graduated from Bard College in 1982.^[5]

Career

Chambers is a renewable energy businessman, biodynamic farmer, and filmmaker.^[4][6] Chambers is a co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks,^[7] publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, and Atlanta Journal newspapers. Chambers also resides on the Board of Trustees of Bard College as Chair^[8] and is on the board of directors for the Communities in Schools.^[5] Chambers appeared in the 1984 film Alphabet City.^[5][9]

Wealth

In 2015, his mother Anne Cox Chambers distributed her 49% share in Cox Enterprises equally among her three children.^[1] As of June 2018, his net worth is $6.3 billion.^[10]

Personal life

In 1982, Chambers married fellow Bard College alumna and actress Lauren Hamilton, the daughter of computer pioneer Margaret Hamilton and James Cox Hamilton, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[11] They have a son, James "Jim" Cox Chambers Jr., also known as Fergie, who describes himself as a communist and a "professional revolutionary".^[12]

In 2004, Chambers married Nabila Khashoggi, daughter of billionaire Adnan Khashoggi.^[13][12] They have a son and live in Palisades, New York, US.^[3]