Rank #172
Judy Love & family
Net worth $13.1B
Gas stations · United States
- Born
- Jun 17, 1937
- Age
- 88
- Source
- Gas stations
- Residence
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Drop Out, St. John's University (MN); Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Central Oklahoma
Net worth over time
Biography
- Judy Love and her husband Tom (d. 2023) founded truck stop and convenience store chain Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores in 1964.
- Today, she and her four children own the company. Her sons Greg and Frank have been co-CEOs since 2014.
- The couple leased their first gas station in Watonga, Oklahoma using a $5,000 loan from Tom's parents.
- Judy kept the books and ran the company until 1975, when she returned to college.
- Love's has more than 640 stores in 42 states and estimated revenues of $24 billion.
- Judy Love went back to college in 1975 at age 38. She received undergraduate and graduate degrees in interior design from the University of Central Oklahoma.
- Love serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Girls Inc. and the United Way of Central Oklahoma.