Jon Yarbrough was born in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Jon Yarbrough started Video Gaming Technologies, which produces multiplayer and casino games in 1991.
Business grew due to the proliferation of tribal casinos. VGT was once the largest company leasing Class II gaming machines to Native American tribes.
Yarbrough sold his company to Australian firm, Aristocrat Leisure, for $1.28 billion in October 2014.
Jon Yarbrough is a member of Gambling & Casinos
There is no question in my mind that my engineering education was absolutely a key asset to me in starting Video Gaming Technologies (VGT) and continuing today as a successful technology investor.
Biography/Timeline
1991
In 1991, Yarbrough founded Video Gaming Technologies. In October 2014, he sold it to the Australian company Aristocrat Leisure for $1.28 billion.
2015
As of September 2015, he had a net worth of US$1.7 billion.