Johnelle Terria Hunt (née DeBusk, born January 4, 1932) 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

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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. In November 2020, Hunt had a net worth of US$3.5 billion.

Personal life

Hunt has two children and lives in

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. Her son Bryan Hunt is on the board of J.B. Hunt Transport Services. However, Bryan has not been employed with the company itself since 1997 and instead serves as the Managing Member of the company's private Progressive Car Finance automobile financing company.

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