Americans are migrating to sunbelt boomtowns like Miami, Atlanta, and Nashville—and getting straight to work. The Southeast can claim more winners—223—and has created more jobs than any other of the Inc. regions, while boasting the broadest diversity of founders.
INC. REGIONALS CLASS OF 2024
223 Companies
166% Median Growth
$8.8B Total Revenue 2022
20,496 Jobs Added
Desmond Attmore (near right) and Brian Wright started what became their marketing business as freshmen in college.
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How We Turned Our POV Into a Selling Point
SIX DEGREES AGENCY
Atlanta Brian Wright, co-founder 2-year revenue growth: 1,582%
After meeting at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, Brooklyn natives Brian Wright and Desmond Attmore collaborated on a clothing brand. They hustled their merch into the hands of hip-hop artists like Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa, and that led to marketing gigs for other musical artists. In 2018, the pair founded Six Degrees, a marketing agency known for experiential campaigns rooted
