American businesswoman Johnelle Hunt has an estimated net worth of $2.4 billion as of May 2019. Most of this entrepreneur's wealth is derived from her family's trucking business which she co-founded with Johnnie, her late husband, in 1969. In 2018, she made it to Forbes' list of America's richest self-made women.

With over 12,000 trailers and trucks, JHBT is now considered as one of the country's largest trucking companies. JHBT is a holding company which provides delivery and surface transportation services to various customers in Mexico, Canada and United States.

Currently based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Johnelle Hunt is a widow with two children. She is a dropout from the University of Central Arkansas. For her commitment to the community, she was named as the Woman of the Year in 2012 by the Women's Foundation of Arkansas.