Using data from Forbes, writers at online news aggregator Stacker recently compiled a list of the richest billionaires in the state of Arkansas. According to the report, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage last year, 660 people became billionaires…
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Three Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Members to Hold Virtual Fireside Chat
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThree Arkansas Business Hall of Fame inductees will be participating in a virtual fireside chat in February. On Thursday, Feb. 25, Gerald Alley, Joe T. Ford and Johnelle Hunt will be speaking as part of a “Presenting the Arkansas Business…
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Four Arkansas Residents Make 2020 Forbes 400 List
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleMultiple Arkansans have secured a spot on the Forbes 400 list in 2020. Every year, Forbes assembles a ranking of the 400 wealthiest individuals in the United States. According to the publication, the 400 ranked in 2020 have a collective…
Forbes released their 2018 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women on Wednesday. The list, which includes twenty-four women billionaires, has Arkansas’ Johnelle Hunt as No. 5. Johnelle Hunt was born in Heber Springs, and married the late Johnnie Bryan Hunt. Together they started…
Johnelle Hunt is one of this year’s recipients of the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards. Johnelle, along with her late husband, J.B. Hunt, founded J.B. Hunt Transport, from which they generously support arts organizations and numerous nonprofits in Northwest Arkansas to…
Arkansas businesswoman Johnelle Hunt recently sat down with Arkansas Money & Politics’ Evin Demirel to discuss, among other things, the experiences she and her late husband, J.B. Hunt, had with Central High desegregation crisis, the role of corporations in Arkansas…
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It’s how much of yourself you give, not the amount of money, that matters ~ Johnelle Hunt
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelJohnelle Hunt at the Children’s Advocacy Center luncheon on October 13 where she was honored as 2016 Woman of Inspiration. (AMP photo by Shelby Styron) Giving was a way of life for Johnelle Hunt well before the northwest Arkansas businesswoman…
The J.B. and Johnelle Hunt family said Monday that it has donated $1 million to the construction of Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale. The Hunt donation is part of $53 million pledged by Arkansas businesses and other donors from around the…