Jon Yarbrough | $1B+

Get in touch with Jon Yarbrough | Jon Yarbrough, founder of Video Gaming Technologies (VGT), built a fortune by transforming a niche market—Class II gaming machines for tribal casinos—into one of the most profitable segments in the gaming industry. Launching VGT in 1991, he focused on underserved Native American casino operators, combining tailored game design with revenue-sharing partnerships that allowed tribal gaming to scale rapidly across the United States. After decades of growth and recurring revenue dominance, Yarbrough sold VGT to Aristocrat Leisure for $1.3 billion, becoming one of America’s wealthiest self-made entrepreneurs. Low-profile and disciplined, he has since expanded into private investments, technology ventures, and philanthropy.

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