Johnelle Hunt
$4.33B
as of 10/04/24
About Johnelle Hunt
In 1961, Johnelle Hunt and her late husband J.B. (d. 2006) sold their home and took out loans to start a rice hull packaging operation.
Eight years later, the couple bought five trucks and seven trailers to launch trucking firm J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
The Lowell, Arkansas, business went public in 1983 and is now one of the biggest transportation companies in the nation, with $12.8 billion in sales.
Hunt, who stepped down as corporate secretary in 2008, remains the firm's largest individual shareholder, with a 18% stake.
She donated $5 million to the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Center, which opened in Springdale, Arkansas in December 2020.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
TruckingResidence
Fayetteville, ArkansasMarital status
WidowedBirth date
01/04/32 (age 92)Number of children
2Education
Drop Out, University of Central ArkansasSelf-made
self-madeJohnelle Hunt’s fortune is worth
72K
troy ounces of gold
67K
median U.S. household
43K
median U.S. income
0.087%
U.S. credit card volume
0.017%
GDP of the United States
0.013%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Hunt was a part of the 11 inaugural inductees to the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame, which opened in 2015.
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NASDAQ | JBHT-US
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