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Johnnie Bryan Hunt is an American entrepreneur and businessman who has an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion. He is the founder and chairman of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., one of the largest transportation companies in the United States. Hunt was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas, and attended the University of Arkansas. He started his career in the trucking industry in 1961, when he founded J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. The company has since grown to become one of the largest transportation companies in the United States, with over 11,000 employees and annual revenues of over $7 billion. In addition to his business success, Hunt is also a philanthropist. He has donated millions of dollars to various charities and organizations, including the University of Arkansas, the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Arkansas Community Foundation. He is also a member of the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame.

Popular As Johnnie Bryan Hunt, Sr
Occupation Founder and C.E.O. of J. B. Hunt Transport Services. (1961–2004)
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 28 February 1927
Birthday 28 February
Birthplace Heber Springs, Arkansas U.S.
Date of death December 7, 2006 (aged 79) - Springdale, Arkansas U.S Springdale, Arkansas U.S
Died Place Springdale, Arkansas U.S
Nationality United States

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His wife is Johnelle Hunt (m. 1952; his death 2006)

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Johnnie Bryan Hunt Net Worth

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2006

In early 2006, Hunt bought the site of the abandoned Superconducting Super Collider in Waxahachie, Texas, for $6.5 million, hoping to turn it into a secure data storage facility. His death at a hospital in Springdale, Arkansas, on December 7, 2006, after sustaining a head injury in a fall on ice five days earlier, put an end to this project. The property was sold to the chemical company Magnablend for $5 million in 2012.

2005

In 2005, Springdale Public Schools opened a new elementary school named after Hunt. The Hunt family donated the land for the school, valued in excess of $500,000. This K-5 elementary school is located on Silent Grove Road in Springdale, Arkansas. Hunt was a frequent visitor to the school after it opened.

2004

Hunt began to remove himself from the company when he stepped down as president in 1982 but was still a fixture in the company and remained chairman of the board until 1995. On December 31, 2004, Hunt retired from the company but remained its largest shareholder. Although retired, Hunt visited the headquarters located in Lowell, Arkansas, frequently to shake hands and converse with employees. He regularly telephoned the executive assistants to ask "What's the stock doing, Darling?"

1950

His first job was working for his uncle at a sawmill. After a stint in the US Army, Hunt spent the 1950s as a lumber salesman, auctioneer, and truck driver before starting a rice hulls business with his wife Johnelle in 1961. His first attempt at the trucking business was not successful. He lost roughly $19,000. He returned to the trucking industry in 1969, with five tractors and seven trailers.

1927

Johnnie Bryan Hunt, Sr. (February 28, 1927 – December 7, 2006), better known as J. B. Hunt, was an American entrepreneur who founded J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the largest publicly owned trucking company in the US. The company is based in Lowell, Arkansas.