Jimmy Haslam
Gas stations, retail · Knoxville, Tennessee
Net worth
$12.2B
Today
$00.00%Past month
$00.00%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
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.
Net worth over time
Principal holdings
1 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Private holdings | Fashion & Retail | 100.0% | $12.2B |
Also known for
- 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.
