Hugh T. Inman

Hugh Theodore Inman (December 24, 1846 – November 14, 1910) was a member of the prominent Inman Family of Atlanta and was the wealthiest man in Georgia at the time of his death.

He was born in Dandridge, Tennessee, son of Shadrach Inman and grew up there with his brothers Samuel M. Inman and John H. Inman, who were also successful cotton traders and industrialists. He owned an interest in the Inman, Swann, & Co. of New York City. He engaged in the cotton trade in New York City until moving to Savannah, Georgia, and then ultimately Atlanta where he continued in the cotton trade.

He was a founding member and first president of the Exposition Cotton Mills, which was founded in 1882.

At the time of his death, he had amassed an estate exceeding $2,000,000 (approx. US$54 million in 2019 adjusted for inflation) making him the wealthiest man in the state. In August 1910, he went to a sanitarium in New York City suffering from neurasthenia and died there three months later of pneumonia.