This group of filthy-rich Americans — entrepreneurs, investors and heirs — are the wealthiest people in every state and are worth a staggering $2 trillion combined, according to Forbes.
That’s $400 billion more than the combined worth of last year’s titleholders.
At the top of the 54-person list — some states had ties — is Elon Musk of Texas, worth $388 billion. The Tesla and SpaceX founder is the richest man in the world.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, based in Florida, was No. 2 with a net worth of $206 billion. Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg of California, worth $189 billion, came in third.
The New Yorker with the most cash is former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, worth $105 billion.
The leading earner in New Jersey is hedge fund manager John Overdeck, co-founder of Two Sigma Investments, worth $7.4 billion.
Out of the nation’s 868 billionaires, nearly two-thirds reside in four states alone — California (194), New York (137), Florida (116) and Texas (81).
Ten states only have a lone billionaire living there — Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont.
Three states do not have any billionaires — Alaska, Delaware and West Virginia.
The poorest rich people are Alaskan real estate moguls Jonathan Rubini and Leonard Hyde — both worth $400 million.
Look for the richest person in your state here:
|
NAME |
STATE |
EST. WORTH ($B) |
|---|---|---|
|
Jimmy Rane |
Alabama |
$1.5 |
|
Jonathan Rubini & family |
Alaska |
$0.4 |
|
Leonard Hyde & family |
Alaska |
$0.4 |
|
Ernest Garcia II |
Arizona |
$17.3 |
|
Rob Walton & Family |
Arkansas |
$113.0 |
|
Mark Zuckerberg |
California |
$189.0 |
|
Philip Anschutz |
Colorado |
$16.9 |
|
Steve Cohen |
Connecticut |
$21.3 |
|
Elizabeth Snyder |
Delaware |
$0.8 |
|
Jeff Bezos |
Florida |
$206.0 |
|
Bubba Cathy, Dan Cathy, & Trudy Cathy White |
Georgia |
$10.7 |
|
Pierre Omidyar |
Hawaii |
$10.0 |
|
Frank VanderSloot |
Idaho |
$3.2 |
|
Lukas Walton |
Illinois |
$39.0 |
|
Carl Cook |
Indiana |
$9.9 |
|
Harry Stine |
Iowa |
$10.2 |
|
Charles Koch & family |
Kansas |
$67.5 |
|
Tamara Gustavson |
Kentucky |
$8.1 |
|
Todd Graves |
Louisiana |
$17.2 |
|
Susan Alfond |
Maine |
$3.7 |
|
Annette Lerner & family |
Maryland |
$5.5 |
|
Abigail Johnson |
Massachusetts |
$31.5 |
|
Daniel Gilbert |
Michigan |
$23.7 |
|
Glen Taylor |
Minnesota |
$2.9 |
|
Thomas Duff & James Duff |
Mississippi |
$3.0 |
|
David Steward |
Missouri |
$11.4 |
|
Dennis Washington |
Montana |
$7.4 |
|
Warren Buffett |
Nebraska |
$165.0 |
|
Miriam Adelson & family |
Nevada |
$28.6 |
|
Rick Cohen & family |
New Hampshire |
$11.5 |
|
John Overdeck |
New Jersey |
$7.4 |
|
Ron Corio |
New Mexico |
$1.7 |
|
Michael Bloomberg |
New York |
$105.0 |
|
James Goodnight |
North Carolina |
$9.8 |
|
Gary Tharaldson |
North Dakota |
$1.2 |
|
Les Wexner & family |
Ohio |
$7.8 |
|
Harold Hamm & family |
Oklahoma |
$18.5 |
|
Phil Knight & family |
Oregon |
$29.0 |
|
Jeff Yass |
Pennsylvania |
$59.0 |
|
Jonathan Nelson |
Rhode Island |
$3.4 |
|
Robert Faith |
South Carolina |
$5.0 |
|
T. Denny Sanford |
South Dakota |
$2.1 |
|
Thomas Frist Jr & family |
Tennessee |
$26.8 |
|
Elon Musk |
Texas |
$388.0 |
|
Gail Miller |
Utah |
$4.4 |
|
John Abele |
Vermont |
$2.0 |
|
Jacqueline Mars |
Virginia |
$39.0 |
|
Steve Ballmer |
Washington |
$118.0 |
|
Brad Smith |
West Virginia |
$0.9 |
|
Diane Hendricks |
Wisconsin |
$21.9 |
|
John Mars |
Wyoming |
$39.0 |
