Jerry Moyes & family
$1.79B
as of 01/25/25
About Jerry Moyes & family
Jerry Moyes and his father founded Swift Transportation in 1966 with one truck, moving cotton and imported steel between Arizona and California
Swift grew to nearly 20,000 trucks and some $4 billion in annual revenue before it merged with Knight Transportation in 2017.
Moyes owns nearly a quarter of the merged company, called Knight-Swift Transportation.
He stepped down as chairman of Swift in 2016, after 50 years in the business.
Moyes owned the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team, with minority partner Wayne Gretzky, until the team filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and was sold to the NHL.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
TransportationResidence
Tolleson, ArizonaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/15/44 (age 81)Number of children
10Self-made
self-madeJerry Moyes & family’s fortune is worth
30K
troy ounces of gold
28K
median U.S. household
18K
median U.S. income
0.036%
U.S. credit card volume
0.007%
GDP of the United States
0.005%
United States debt
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Moyes took Swift public once again in 2010, listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
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NYSE | KNX-US
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