Jimmy Haslam
CEO, Pilot Company
$8.47B
as of 11/22/24
About Jimmy Haslam
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 Cleveland Browns.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Gas stations, retailResidence
Knoxville, TennesseeMarital status
MarriedBirth date
03/09/54 (age 70)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Tennessee KnoxvilleSelf-made
inherited and growingJimmy Haslam’s fortune is worth
141K
troy ounces of gold
130K
median U.S. household
85K
median U.S. income
0.169%
U.S. credit card volume
0.034%
GDP of the United States
0.025%
United States debt
Net worth history
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Did you know?
His brother Bill Haslam, also a billionaire, served as governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019.
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