J.B. Hunt

John N. Roberts III was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., effective January 1, 2011, succeeding Kirk Thompson.

retirement from CEO role

SEC filings name Kirk Thompson as predecessor to John N. Roberts III (effective 2011-01-01), confirmed by jbhunt.com 2024 press release referencing Thompson as 'current executive chairman of the Board' — indicating he held senior leadership before that role. Our timeline shows Wayne Garrison ending 2010-12-31, but the predecessor_dispute flag and SEC filing clearly identify Thompson, not Garrison, as Roberts's direct predecessor as CEO. Thompson's tenure end date is set to 2011-01-01 (Roberts's confirmed start). Start date left null as exact start is not determinable from available sources. || Start date carried onto this row: the builder applies start-date overrides before it adds rows, so a date set separately had nothing to land on.

John N. Roberts III was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., effective January 1, 2011, succeeding Kirk Thompson.