Jon Yarbrough

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Jon Yarbrough
Born1956/1957(age 63–64) [1]
NationalityAmerican
Education Tennessee Technological University
Known forFounder, Video Gaming Technologies
Net worthUS$2.2 billion (October 2018) [1]
Spouse(s)married
Children2

Jon Yarbrough (born 1956/1957) is an American billionaire, the founder of Video Gaming Technologies.

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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]

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References

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  2. "EC Hall of Fame: The Class of 2015". Nashville Post. June 21, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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  4. Kennedy, Eleanor (July 8, 2014). "Advice from a man who just sold his company for $1.3 billion". Nashville Business Journal. Retrieved February 4, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)