{"id":184307,"date":"2023-09-03T07:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=184307"},"modified":"2023-09-03T07:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:06:56","slug":"these-are-the-richest-billionaires-in-each-us-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=184307","title":{"rendered":"<h2>These Are The Richest Billionaires In Each US State<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Posted by ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<h2>The State-by-State Breakdown<\/h2>\n<p>According to Forbes, just four states are home to\u00a0<strong>61%<\/strong>\u00a0of the country\u2019s billionaires: California (179), New York (130), Florida (92), and Texas (73).<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a closer look at the data on who takes the title of the richest in each state:<\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-3440\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3440\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\"><strong>State<\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\"><strong>Residence<\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"column-4\"><strong>Net Worth (Est.)<\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"column-5\"><strong>Source of Wealth<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jimmy Rane<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Alabama<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Abbeville<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$1.2 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Lumber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Arturo Moreno<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Arizona<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Phoenix<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$4.8 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Billboards, Los Angeles Angels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jim Walton<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Arkansas<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Bentonville<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$64.4 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Walmart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Larry Page<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">California<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Palo Alto<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$105.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Google<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Philip Anschutz<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Colorado<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Denver<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$10.8 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Energy, sports, entertainment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Ray Dalio<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Connecticut<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Greenwich<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$19.1 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Hedge funds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Ken Griffin<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Florida<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Miami<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$32.7 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Hedge funds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Dan Cathy, Bubba Cathy, and Trudy Cathy White<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Georgia<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Atlanta<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$11.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Chick-fil-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Larry Ellison<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Hawaii<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Lanai<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$146.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Oracle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Frank VanderSloot<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Idaho Falls<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$3.2 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Nutrition, wellness products<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Lukas Walton<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Illinois<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Chicago<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$22.9 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Walmart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Carl Cook<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Indiana<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Bloomington<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$10.3 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Medical devices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Harry Stine<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Iowa<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Adel<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$6.9 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Agriculture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Charles Koch<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Kansas<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Wichitia<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$56.9 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Koch Industries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Tamara Gustavson<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Kentucky<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Lexington<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$7.3 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Self storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Gayle Benson<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Louisiana<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">New Orleans<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$4.7 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">New Orleans Saints<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Susan Alfond<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Maine<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Scarborough<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$2.7 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Shoes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Annette Lerner &amp; family<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Maryland<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Chevy Chase<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$6.3 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Real Estate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Abigail Johnson<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Massachusetts<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Milton<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$21.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Fidelity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Daniel Gilbert<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Michigan<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Franklin<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$19.5 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Quicken Loans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Glen Taylor<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Minnesota<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Mankato<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$2.6 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Printing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Thomas Duff &amp; James Duff<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Mississippi<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Hattiesburg<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$2.3 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Tires, diversified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">John Morris<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Missouri<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Springfield<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$8.3 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Sporting goods retail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Dennis Washington<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Montana<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Missoula<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$6.4 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Construction, mining<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Warren Buffet<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Nebraska<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Omaha<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$117.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Berkshire Hathaway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Mirian Adelson &amp; family<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Nevada<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Las Vegas<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$36.2 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Casinos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Rick Cohen &amp; family<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">New Hampshire<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Keene<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$18.8 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Warehouse automation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Rocco Commisso<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">New Jersey<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Saddle River<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$8.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Telecom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Ron Corio<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">New Mexico<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Albuquerque<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$1.7 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Solar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Michael Bloomberg<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">New York<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">New York City<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$94.5 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Bloomberg LP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">James Goodnight<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">North Carolina<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Cary<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$9.3 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Software<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Gary Tharaldson<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">North Dakota<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Fargo<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$1.2 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Hotels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Lex Wexner &amp; family<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Ohio<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">New Albany<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$6.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Retail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Harold Hamm &amp; family<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Oklahoma<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Oklahoma City<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$18.5 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Oil &amp; gas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Phil Knight &amp; family<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Oregon<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Hillsboro<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$41.8 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Nike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jeff Yass<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Haverford<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$28.5 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Trading, investments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jonathan Nelson<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Rhode Island<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Providence<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$3.1 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Private equity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Robert Faith<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">South Carolina<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Charleston<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$5.2 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Real estate management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">T. Denny Sanford<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">South Dakota<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Sioux Falls<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$2.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Banking, credit cards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Thomas Frist Jr. &amp; family<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Tennessee<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Nashville<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$22.3 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Hospitals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Elon Musk<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Texas<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Austin<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$230.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Tesla, SpaceX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Gail Miller<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Utah<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Salt Lake City<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$4.2 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Car dealerships<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">John Abele<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Vermont<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Shelburne<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$1.9 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Healthcare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jacqueline Mars<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Virginia<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">The Plains<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$39.4 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Candy, pet food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jeff Bezos<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Washington<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Medina<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$149.0 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Amazon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-47 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">John Menard Jr.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Wisconsin<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Eau Claire<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$18.1 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Home improvement stores<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-48 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">John Mars<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Wyoming<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Jackson<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">$39.4 B<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">Candy, pet food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Many billionaires in the U.S. are extremely well-known, such as California\u2019s Larry Page, New York\u2019s Michael Bloomberg, or Washington state\u2019s Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Bill Gates doesn\u2019t take the top spot as the richest billionaire in Washington because Bezos has a higher net worth\u2014$149 billion vs. Gates\u2019 $104 billion\u2014although they do live in the exact same town of Medina, WA.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly every state is home to at least one billionaire, some far wealthier than others, like Nebraska\u2019s Warren Buffett ($117 billion), compared to Alabama\u2019s Jimmy Rane ($1.2 billion). Some new states, which gained billionaires this year include Alabama, New Hampshire, and Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/personal-finance\/these-are-richest-billionaires-each-us-state\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/personal-finance\/these-are-richest-billionaires-each-us-state<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}