Jim Clayton (businessman)

This article is about the American lawyer. For people with a similar name, see James Clayton (disambiguation).
Jim Clayton
Born
James L. Clayton

(1934-03-02) March 2, 1934
Finger, Tennessee, US
EducationBSEE, JD
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee
Known forFounder of Clayton Homes
SpouseMichell Beth Clayton
Children4

James L. Clayton Sr. (born March 2, 1934) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He founded Clayton Homes in 1966 and built it into the United States' largest producer and seller of manufactured housing, a formerly publicly traded company that was sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2003 for $1.7 billion.

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