Awards & Recognition
★Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Southeast region (2010)
★University of Tennessee Distinguished Alumnus Award (2013)
★Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame (2007)
★Fritz Pollard Alliance Paul Tank Younger Award for NFL diversity (2014)
★Steinberg-DeNicola Humanitarian Award (2016)
Notable Facts
→Chairman of Pilot Flying J, one of largest privately held companies in US
→Owner of Cleveland Browns NFL franchise ($1B purchase 2012)
→Co-owner of Columbus Crew MLS team and 25% stake in Milwaukee Bucks
→Net worth $8.5 billion, ranked #130 on Forbes 400 richest Americans
→Sold family's remaining 20% stake in Pilot to Berkshire Hathaway for $2.6B in 2024
→Brother of former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam
→Major philanthropist with Haslam 3 Foundation and university endowments
→Company involved in 2013 FBI fraud investigation resulting in $92M settlement