Truck-Stop Billionaire Fights Warren Buffett to Increase $18 Billion Fortune
- Jimmy Haslam in legal fight with Berkshire over Pilot stake
- His family’s wealth now tied more to ownership of sports teams
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A smooth exit from a truck-stop empire is proving tricky for the Haslam family and their $17.8 billion fortune.
The Haslams, whose wealth is being valued for the first time by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, are engaged in litigation with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. over the sale of their remaining stake in Pilot Travel Centers, the gas-station network founded by the family’s patriarch, Jim Haslam.