Inside Atlanta’s Most Exclusive Private Club

Atlanta has no shortage of money. But inside its most exclusive private clubs, money isn’t always the currency that matters. From the Piedmont Driving Club and Peachtree Golf Club to Cherokee Town and Country Club, Capital City Club, and Ansley Golf Club, each institution built exclusivity in a different way — through lineage, scarcity, access, history, and social power. In 1976, one of these memberships became controversial enough to follow Griffin Bell all the way to a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing. So what made one Atlanta clubhouse more powerful than the others? This is the hidden hierarchy of Atlanta’s private clubs — and the rules wealth alone couldn’t overcome. Subscribe to The 1% Anatomy for the hidden systems, institutions, and social structures behind the world’s wealthiest circles.