Johnelle Hunt


Johnelle Terria Hunt is an American billionaire, the widow of Johnnie Bryan Hunt, and co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the company they started in 1961.

Early life

Hunt was born Johnelle Terria DeBusk on January 4, 1932 in Heber Springs, Arkansas. She dropped out of the University of Central Arkansas.

Career

Hunt was on the board of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the largest publicly owned trucking company in the US, until 2007, the year after her husband, J.B. Hunt, died.
As of August 2018, Hunt had a net worth of US$3.1 billion.

Personal life

Hunt has two children and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her son Bryan Hunt is on the board of J.B. Hunt Transport Services.