Jimmy Haslam

{ "bio": [ "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 NFL's Cleveland Browns. He bought a minority stake in the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team in 2023." ], "about": [ "Haslam's brother Bill Haslam, also a billionaire, served as governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019.", "Haslam's wife Dee is founder and executive producer of RIVR Media, the production company behind World Series of Poker and Animal Planet show Whale Wars." ] }