Pete DeBusk is the owner and chairman of DeRoyal Industries located in Knoxville, Tennessee.
[1] DeBusk was born and raised in Rose Hill, Virginia, where he graduated from Thomas Walker High School.
After graduating from Lincoln Memorial University, DeBusk began his career in 1965 as a pharmaceutical salesman[2] and regional sales manager.
[4][5] DeBusk self-published a book in 2013, "The Rabbit's Got the Gun: The DeRoyal Industries Story," which recounts his business career.
[6][7] The Lincoln Memorial University- John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law, also co-founded by DeBusk, was subsequently denied provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association.