Jimmy Haslam

Net worth over time

Forbes estimates of Jimmy Haslam's net worth each year, next to the Forbes value of the Milwaukee Bucks. From 2012 to now the net worth went from $1.2B to $12.2B, about 10 times as much.

Yearly points are from the Forbes billionaires lists, mostly the spring World's Billionaires list; the last point is the latest Forbes real-time figure, which can differ a lot from the spring list. Years without a published figure are skipped.

The businesses in detail

How the main business makes money. Pilot runs truck stops beside highways. It sells diesel to truckers and petrol to motorists, and earns from the shops, restaurants and services at each stop. It is the largest seller of over-the-road diesel in the US. Revenue fell from $72.7B in 2022 to $56.8B in 2023, and pre-tax profit from $2.33B to just over $1B. The family has sold all of it.

Biggest deals.

• 1 July 2010: Pilot merged with Flying J in a $1.8B deal.
• 2017: sold 38.6% of Pilot to Berkshire Hathaway for $2.76B, valuing it at about $7.1B.
• Early 2023: sold a further 41.4% for $8.2B, a value of about $19.8B.
• April 2023: bought Marc Lasry's 25% of the Bucks. The full story is on the Milwaukee Bucks page.
• January 2024: sold the last 20% for $2.6B, a value of about $13B, after profits fell.
• The family company had objected to a Berkshire accounting change, saying it departed from the agreed formula for the last price. Berkshire's annual report says all litigation was settled in January 2024, before a Delaware trial.

Career path

1. 1976

   Joins Pilot, founded by his father in 1958

2. 1996

   Becomes chief executive

3. 2008

   Buys a minority stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers

4. 2012

   Buys the Cleveland Browns for about $1B

5. 2017

   Sells the first 38.6% of Pilot to Berkshire Hathaway

6. 2019

   Takes control of the Columbus Crew on 1 January

7. 2023

   Sells a majority of Pilot; buys into the Bucks

8. 2024

   Sells the last 20% of Pilot in January

9. 2026

   Wins a Columbus women's soccer team on 21 April; breaks ground on a new Browns stadium on 30 April

Teams and sports assets

Owns now 5

• teamMilwaukee BucksNBA · basketball · USSince 2023 · about 25%, with Dee Haslam · $800M at a $3.2B valuation (first reports: $875M at $3.5B)
• teamCleveland BrownsNFL · American football · USSince 2012 · controlling, with Dee Haslam · about $1B
• teamColumbus CrewMLS · soccer · USSince 2019 · investor-operator with Dee Haslam, the Johnsons and Pete Edwards
• teamColumbus NWSL team (starts 2028)NWSL · soccer · USSince 2026 · Haslam Sports Group leads; Nationwide and Pete and Christine Edwards also invest · $205M expansion fee (AP and CBS Sports sources)
• arenaNew Browns stadium, Brook ParkNFL · American football · USSince 2026 · family to pay 67.5% of the cost · $2.6B cost; the Haslams to pay $1.755B

Owned before 1

• teamPittsburgh SteelersNFL · American football · USSince 2008 to 2012 · minority

Other investments and assets

• Companies and funds: RIVR Media, Dee Haslam's television production company.
• Property: The Brook Park stadium and surrounding development total about $3.5B to $3.6B.
• Family in the business: Wife Dee runs Haslam Sports Group. Daughter Whitney Johnson and son-in-law JW Johnson are Crew investor-operators. Brother Bill, a former Tennessee governor, owns hockey's Nashville Predators.

Giving and politics

• Haslam Giving, founded in 2001, groups the Haslam 3 Foundation and the Browns and Crew foundations.
• The University of Tennessee's business college carries the Haslam name.
• He chaired Republican Bob Corker's 2006 Senate campaign and was finance chairman for brother Bill's run for governor.
• Public sources are to pay $845M of the stadium cost. A county judge has blocked Ohio's $600M share from unclaimed funds while a lawsuit proceeds; it was pending on 30 April 2026.
• The block is a March 2026 preliminary injunction by a Franklin County magistrate. In a separate federal case, the Sixth Circuit appeals court refused to stop the transfer.

How they run their teams

• At the Bucks he shares control with Wes Edens, the current governor, under a five-year rotation.
• His executive Josh Glessing, who led the 2023 purchase, became Bucks president in 2026.
• The Crew won the league title in 2020 and 2023 under the family.
• A $100M settlement with the City of Cleveland cleared the Browns' move to Brook Park.

What they have said

• He called the Bucks purchase opportunistic, of a healthy team he expects to stay in Milwaukee.
• He and Edens agreed that major decisions, including large player contracts, need both of them.
• He wanted the Antetokounmpo question settled before the draft and a large return if the star left.
• He and Dee Haslam said a larger private share would deliver a first-of-its-kind stadium.
• The $245M that Brook Park will borrow is to be repaid by the team over 20 to 30 years and is not a gift.

Little-known facts

• His father started Pilot in 1958 by buying a Virginia petrol station for $6,000.
• He sold his Steelers stake to buy their rival, the Browns.
• He roomed at university with Bob Corker, later a US senator.