Rank #775
Jon Yarbrough
Net worth $5.4B
Gambling machines · United States
- Born
- May 10, 1957
- Age
- 69
- Source
- Gambling machines
- Residence
- Franklin, Tennessee
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tennessee Technological University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Jon Yarbrough started Video Gaming Technologies, which produced casino games, in 1991.
- The business grew due to the proliferation of tribal casinos; Yarbrough says he's worked with around 35 tribes in 100-plus locations over the years.
- Yarbrough sold his company to Australian firm Aristocrat Leisure in 2014 for about $1.3 billion.
- These days he manages his investments, which include real estate and tech stocks, through his family office Yarbrough Capital.
- As a college student, Yarbrough loaned his foosball table to a local arcade in exchange for 50% of its profits; now he keeps the table in his office.
- During college, Yarbrough interned at NASA, where he designed a mini supersonic wind tunnel and sent instructions to the Mars lander.