Jimmy Haslam was born on March 09, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, is CEO, Pilot Flying J. Jimmy Haslam is the CEO of Pilot Flying J, a truck stop company founded in 1958 by his father who paid $6,000 for an existing gas station in Virginia.
Jimmy joined the board in 1975 when he was 20 and a senior at the University of Tennessee, and the company's annual sales were about $50 million.
Though Pilot admitted to defrauding its customers in a $92 million settlement with the DOJ in July 2014, its sales hit $19.6 billion in 2016.
In 2012, he became the majority stakeholder of Cleveland Browns for roughly $990 million. His share is now worth more than $1.6 billion.
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Aries |
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March 09, 1954 (Knoxville, Tennessee, United States) |
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🌙 Zodiac
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🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Jimmy Haslam was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Biography/Timeline
1976
Haslam began his career at Pilot Corporation in 1976. In 1980, Haslam was named vice President of sales, development and operations. At that time, Pilot operated 100 convenience stores with annual fuel sales of about 125 million gallons. Pilot opened its first travel center in 1981, and by 1996 – the same year Haslam was named President and chief executive officer – the company operated 96 travel centers and 50 convenience stores and its total gallon sales had reached 1.2 billion. Pilot Corporation attained yet another milestone in 2001 when it joined with Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC to form Pilot Travel Centers LLC.
2006
In 2006, he served as Tennessee statewide campaign chair for the United States Senator Bob Corker and in 2012, he served as Statewide Finance Chairman for Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, his brother.
2007
Haslam was inducted into the Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2010, he was named a recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award for the Southeast region. In 2013, the University of Tennessee recognized Haslam with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is the co-founder of the Haslam Scholars Program for premier honor students at the University of Tennessee.
2008
Haslam bought a minority interest in the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008. In 2012, he reached an agreement with Browns owner Randy Lerner to purchase the franchise for $1 billion. The Browns were valued at $977 million in 2011 by Forbes magazine, 20th in the NFL. NFL rules prohibit ownership in multiple teams and so Haslam sold his interest in the Steelers. The Haslams' purchase of the Browns was unanimously approved by the 32 teams in the NFL on October 12; the sale itself closed thirteen days later.
2012
Since officially taking over the Browns seven games into the 2012 season, Haslam has a 20-76 record as team owner, including an 0-16 record in 2017.
2013
In April 2013, the FBI executed a search warrant and affidavit detailing a five-year fraud scheme by the Pilot Flying J chain. The company paid restitution to customers and agreed to pay a $92 million penalty pursuant to a Criminal Enforcement Agreement.
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