The Richest People From Every U.S. State Includes Zuckerberg, Bezos & Phil Knight
From the industries of food, tech, finance and more.
Forbes just rolled out its newest list covering the wealthiest people from each of the U.S. states. The list includes some renowned heavy-hitters and under-the-radar names whose net worth are in the millions and billions. The industries of tech, food, finance, real estate and hospitality are represented in this impressive roster that has California’s Mark Zuckerberg at $74 billion USD, Washington’s Jeff Bezos at $132 billion USD, Oregon’s Phil Knight at 30.7 billion USD and more.
Check out the list below to see the full breakdown. Who’s the wealthiest person from your home state?
* dollar amounts in USD
Alabama: Jimmy Rane, lumber, $950 million
Alaska: Leonard Hyde, Jonathan Rubini & families, real estate, $310 million each
Arizona: Mark Shoen, U-Haul, $3 billion
Arkansas: Jim Walton, Walmart, $40.3 billion
California: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, $74 billion
Colorado: Philip Anschutz, investments, $12.7 billion
Connecticut: Ray Dalio, hedge funds, $17.4 billion
Delaware: Robert Gore and Elizabeth Snyder, Gore-Tex, $750 million each
Florida: Thomas Peterffy, discount brokerage, $25.7 billion
Georgia: Jim Kennedy, media, $9 billion
Hawaii: Pierre Omidyar, eBay, $10.6 billion
Idaho: Frank VanderSloot, nutrition and wellness, $3.4 billion
Illinois: Ken Griffin, hedge funds, $9 billion
Indiana: Carl Cook, medical devices, $8.2 billion
Iowa: Harry Stine, agriculture, $3.2 billion
Kansas: Charles Koch, Koch Industries, $51.5 billion
Kentucky: B. Wayne Hughes, self storage, $2.7 billion
Louisiana: Gayle Benson, New Orleans Saints, $2.7 billion
Maine: Susan Alfond, shoes, $1.6 billion
Maryland: Ted Lerner & family, real estate, $5.1 billion
Massachusetts: Abigail Johnson, money management, $16.9 billion
Michigan: Daniel Gilbert, Quicken Loans, $6.3 billion
Minnesota: Glen Taylor, printing, $2.8 billion
Mississippi: James and Thomas Duff, diversified, $1.2 billion each
Missouri: Pauline MacMillan Keinath, Cargill, $7.2 billion
Montana: Dennis Washington, construction and mining, $5.9 billion
Nebraska: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, $85 billion
Nevada: Sheldon Adelson, casinos, $42.8 billion
New Hampshire: Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli, consumer goods, $1.1 billion
New Jersey: John Overdeck, hedge funds, $5.5 billion
New Mexico: Mack C. Chase, oil, $700 million
New York: David Koch, Koch Industries, $51.5 billion
North Carolina: James Goodnight, software, $9.9 billion
North Dakota: Gary Tharaldson, hotels, $900 million
Ohio: Les Wexner & family, retail, $5.4 billion
Oklahoma: Harold Hamm & family, oil and gas, $19.5 billion
Oregon: Phil Knight & family, Nike, $30.7 billion
Pennsylvania: Victoria Mars, candy and pet food, $6 billion
Rhode Island: Jonathan Nelson, private equity, $1.8 billion
South Carolina: Anita Zucker, chemicals, $2.5 billion
South Dakota: T. Denny Sanford, banking and credit cards, $2.5 billion
Tennessee: Thomas Frist Jr & family, hospitals, $9.7 billion
Texas: Alice Walton, Walmart, $40 billion
Utah: Gail Miller, Utah Jazz and car dealers, $1.4 billion
Vermont: John Abele, healthcare, $630 million
Virginia: Jacqueline Mars, candy and pet food, $23.8 billion
Washington: Jeff Bezos, Amazon, $132 billion
West Virginia: Jim Justice II, coal, $1.9 billion
Wisconsin: John Menard Jr, home improvement, $10.5 billion
Wyoming: John Mars, candy and pet food, $23.8 billion
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