Portrait of Jimmy Haslam

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Jimmy Haslam

Net worth $10.3B

Gas stations, retail · United States

Born
Mar 09, 1954
Age
72
Source
Gas stations, retail
Residence
Knoxville, Tennessee
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Jimmy Haslam served as chairman of truck stop chain Pilot Flying J from 2021 until 2023.
  • His father, James A. Haslam II, started the company after paying $6,000 for a gas station in Virginia.
  • Haslam joined the board in 1975, when he was 20 and a senior at the University of Tennessee; Pilot's annual revenues were about $50 million at the time.
  • The Haslams sold Pilot to Berkshire Hathaway for a total of $13.6 billion across three purchases in 2017, 2023 and 2024.
  • In 2012, Haslam became the majority owner of the NFL's Cleveland Browns. He bought a minority stake in the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team in 2023.
  • Haslam's brother Bill Haslam, also a billionaire, served as governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019.
  • Haslam's wife Dee is founder and executive producer of RIVR Media, the production company behind World Series of Poker and Animal Planet show Whale Wars.