Jimmy Haslam
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Haslam in 2013
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| Born |
James Arthur Haslam III March 9, 1954 Knoxville, Tennessee U.S. |
| Residence | Knoxville, Tennessee Bratenahl, Ohio |
| Alma mater | University of Tennessee |
| Occupation | Businessman, NFL team owner, philanthropist |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Net worth |
 US$3.7 billion (March 2017) |
| Spouse(s) | Dee Bagwell (1976–present) |
| Children | Jim, Whitney, and Cynthia |
| Parent(s) |
Jim Haslam Cynthia Haslam (deceased) |
James Arthur "Jimmy" Haslam III (born March 9, 1954) is the CEO of the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain and along with wife, Dee, is owner of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. His father, fellow businessman Jim Haslam, founded the Pilot Corporation in 1958 as the Pilot Oil Corporation.
Haslam, who lives in his native Knoxville, Tennessee, is brother to Bill Haslam, the Governor of Tennessee.
While attending the University of Tennessee, Haslam was a roommate of Bob Corker, the United States Senator from Tennessee. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
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.
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.
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