A native of Kokomo, he graduated from IU Bloomington with a bachelor's degree in government in 1966 and a law degree from the Maurer School of Law in Bloomington in 1969. Hunt is the chairman of Hunt Capital Partners, LLC, a venture capital and consulting firm based in Indianapolis. He has served or currently serves as chair of the Clarian Health Partners, Inc. Board of Directors, a member of the IU Foundation Board of Directors, IUPUI Board of Advisors, Maurer School of Law Board of visitors, the Kelley School of Business Dean's Council, the Well House Society, the 1820 Society and recently served as chairman of the Advancing Indiana economic development initiative and as chair of the Maurer School of Law fund raising campaign. In commemoration of his parents, Virgil and Elizabeth Hunt, the younger Hunt also contributed the single largest financial gift received at IU. Virgil Hunt was the first director, the title used before chancellor, of the IU Kokomo campus.
