Businessman remains in critical condition
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Updated: April 17, 2007
J.B. Hunt, 79, remained in the intensive care unit at Northwest Medical Center-Springdale. Hunt, of Goshen, was hospitalized Saturday for a fall-related injury.
Born in Cleburne County as Johnnie Bryan, Hunt started the J.B. Hunt Company - a rice-hull business - in 1961.
In 1969, he started J.B. Hunt Transport with five trucks and seven refrigerated trailers as a sideline to his rice-hull business. His efforts made way for J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc. of Lowell, now a publicly traded company.
Hunt gave up his position of company president in 1982, but continued to serve as chairman until 1995.
He took on the title senior chairman, turning over day-to-day operations. In 2004, Hunt fully retired from the company.
Since then, much of Hunt`s interests have focused on his real-estate development venture, The Pinnacle Group.
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