Jon Yarbrough
American businessperson (born 1956/1957)
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Jon Yarbrough (born 1956/1957) is an American billionaire, the founder of Video Gaming Technologies.
Jon Yarbrough | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 or 1957 (age 68–69)[1] |
| Education | Tennessee Technological University |
| Known for | Founder, Video Gaming Technologies |
| Spouse | married |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
Jon Yarbrough has a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Technological University.[1] His first entrepreneurial experience was selling with Southwestern Advantage.[2] An aficionado of foosball, he then purchased a foosball table and struck a deal with a bar in Cookeville, Tennessee (where Tennessee Tech is located): if they would store the table for him, he would split the proceeds earned from games played by the bar's clients.[1]
Career
In 1991, Yarbrough founded Video Gaming Technologies. In October 2014, he sold it to the Australian company Aristocrat Leisure for $1.28 billion.[1][3][4]
As of September 2015, he had a net worth of US$1.7 billion.[1] In 2020, he ranked No. 327 on the Forbes 400 list of America's richest people.[1]
Personal life
Yarbrough is married with two children and lives in Franklin, Tennessee.[1]