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 |
