The Richest Person In Every State (2018)
You may know who the richest person in the United States is (Jeff Bezos, not Bill Gates), or even who the wealthiest person in your state is. But do you know who wields the wealth in Iowa or Virginia or Alabama? There have been a few changes on this list since last year, so let's take a look at the richest person in every state.
Alabama: Jimmy Rane – $700 million
Jimmy Rane is the founder and CEO of Great Southern Wood Preserving. He unseated Gary Drummond, the previous richest person in Alabama
Alaska: Leonard Hyde, Jonathan Rubini, and families – $340 million
Hyde and Rubini co-founded and co-own Anchorage based JL Properties.
Arizona: Diane Halle – $6 billion
Widow of Founder of Discount Tires. Diane inherited her fortune from her late husband.
Arkansas: Jim Walton – $39 billion
California: Mark Zuckerberg – $72 billion
Colorado: Charles Ergen – $17 billion
Founder of DISH Network
Connecticut: Ray Dalio – $14 billion
Bridgewater Associates, investment management
Delaware: Robert Gore & Elizabeth Snyder – $830 million
Inventor of Gore-Tex, sister of inventor of Gore Tex
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Florida: Thomas Petterfy – $14 billion
Founded Interactive Brokers, Financial Services
Georgia: Jim Kennedy – $8.2 billion
Heir to Cox Enterprises, cable TV, radio, newspapers
Hawaii: Pierre Omidyar – $7.8 billion
Ebay founder
Idaho: Frank Vandersloot – $1.2 billion
Founder of Multi Level Marketing Health & Wellness company Melaleuca
Illinois: Ken Griffin – $9 billion
Citadel LLC hedge fund
Indiana: Carl Cook – $6.5 billion
Cook Group, medical equipment manufacturer
Iowa: Harry Stine $2.6 billion
Agriculture, Stine seed group
Kansas: Charles Koch – $47 billion
Chairman of Koch Industries, largest private company in the US
Kentucky: B. Wayne Hughes – $2.4 billion
Co-founded Public Storage
Louisiana: Tom Benson – $2.8 billion
Owns Car dealerships, NFL's New Orleans Saints, NBA's New Orleans Pelicans
Maine: Susan Alfond $1.4 billion
Her father sold stock in Berkshire Hathaway to found his shoe company.
Maryland: Ted Lerner – $5.8 billion
Lerner Enterprises, real estate, Washington Nationals
Massachusetts: Abigail Johnson – $12 billion
Fidelity Investments
Michigan: Dan Gilbert – $4.2 billion
Founded Quicken Loans, owns Cleveland Cavaliers
Minnesota: Whitney MacMillan $4.3 billion
Cargill grain storage
Mississippi: Leslie Lampton – $2.4 billion
Founded Ergon Inc, oil refinery and distribution
Missouri: Stanley Kroenke – $7.7 billion
Real estate mogul. Married to Walmart heiress. Owns the L.A. Rams, Denver Nuggets, and Colorado Avalanche
Montana: Dennis Washington – $6.1 billion
The Washington Companies, mining, construction
Nebraska: Warren Buffett – $75 billion
Nevada: Sheldon Adelson – $35 billion
New Hampshire: Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli – $1.1 billion
Coty cosmetics
New Jersey: Donald Newhouse – $11.1 billion
Media mogul
New Mexico: Mack Chase $910 million
Energy and oil
New York: Michael Bloomberg – $56 billion
North Carolina: James Goodnight – $10 billion
Co-founded technology company SAS Software
North Dakota: Gary Tharaldson – $900 million
Tharaldson Companies, hotels, real estate
Ohio: Leslie Wexner – $6.9 billion
Limited Brands, Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works
Oklahoma: Harold Hamm – $10 billion
Continental Resources, oil exploration
Oregon: Phil Knight – $25 billion
Nike founder
Pennsylvania: Mary Alice Dorrance Malone – $3.1 billion
Campbell Soup heiress
Rhode Island: Jonathan Nelson – $2 billion
Providence Equity Partners, investment firm
South Carolina: Anita Zucker – $3.1 billion
Inherited InterTech Group upon death of her husband
South Dakota: T. Denny Sanford – $1.3 billion
Founded and owns First Premier Bank
Tennessee: Thomas Frist – $7.6 billion
Co-founded Hospital Corp of America
Texas: Alice Walton – $38 billion
Utah: Gail Miller – $1.2 billion
Automotive sales through Larry H. Miller Group and bought Utah Jazz with husband
Vermont: John Abele $3.3 billion
Founder Boston Scientific medical devices
Virginia: Jacqueline Mars – $28 billion
Mars Candy Company heiress
Washington: Jeff Bezos – $105 billion
West Virginia: Jim Justice II – $1.68 billion
Bluestone Industries, coal mining, current Governor of West Virginia
Wisconsin: John Menard Jr. – $12.5 billion
Menards hardware and home improvement chain
Wyoming: Christy Walton – $31 billion
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