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Ever wonder who the richest person in your neighborhood is? Private wealth consultancy Wealth-X has (almost) figured it out for you by naming the richest person in each of the 50 U.S. states.
There are a few surprises on the list, and 9 of the 50 states don’t have any billionaires. (The deprived states are Utah, New Mexico, Mississippi, Maine, Delaware, Hawaii, South Dakota, Alaska and Wyoming.) Some really wealthy Americans — for example, Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, who has an estimated wealth of around $16.4 billion — don’t make the list because they live in the same state as some even wealthier people. (In Allen’s case, his old friend Bill Gates, who has a net worth of $81.5 billion.)
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The encouraging news: 35 of the 50 individuals on the list are entrepreneurs who made their own fortunes. And, yes, they include investor Warren Buffett of Nebraska, the country’s second richest person; and media mogul and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Only six women made the list. With a net worth of $37.9 billion, Christy Walton is the richest woman in Arkansas, the U.S. and the world; she is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart.
Without further ado, here are the 50 richest people by state:
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Washington: Bill Gates
Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft Corp. Net worth: $81.5 billion
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Nebraska: Warren Buffett
Buffett is a billionaire investor. Net worth: $66.9 billion
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California: Lawrence Ellison
Ellison is the co-founder of Oracle Corp. Net worth: $47.3 billion
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Kansas: David Koch
Koch is an investor and political activist: Net worth: $42 billion
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Arkansas: Christy Walton
Walton is the widow of Wal-Mart heir John T. Walton. Net worth: $37.9 billion
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New York: Michael R. Bloomberg
Bloomberg is the co-founder of Bloomberg L.P. Net worth: $33.7 billion
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Nevada: Sheldon Adelson
Adelson is the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Net worth: $29 billion
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Virginia: Forrest Mars, Jr.
Mars, Jr. is the grandson of Mars founder Frank C. Mars. Net worth: $25.9 billion
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Oregon: Phil Knight
Knight is the co-founder and chairman of Nike Inc. Net worth: $19 billion
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Texas: Michael Dell
Dell is the founder and CEO of Dell Inc. Net worth: $17.9 billion
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Oklahoma: Harold Hamm
Hamm is the CEO of Continental Resources. Net worth: $17.6 billion
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Colorado: Charles Ergen
Ergen is the co-founder and chairman of Dish Network. Net worth: $16.7 billion
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Massachusetts: Abigail Johnson
Johnson is president of Fidelity Investments. Net worth: $16.2 billion
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Connecticut: Raymond Dalio
Dalio is the founder of investment firm Bridgewater Associates. Net worth: $14.3 billion
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Georgia: Anne Cox Chambers
Cox Chambers is the daughter of Cox Enterprises founder James M. Cox. Net worth: $12.1 billion
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North Carolina: James Goodnight
Goodnight is the co-founder of software firm SAS Institute. Net worth: $11.1 billion
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New Hampshire: Richard Cohen
Cohen is CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers. Net worth: $10.1 billion
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New Jersey: David Tepper
Tepper is the founder of hedge fund Appaloosa Management. Net worth: $10 billion
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Wisconsin: John Menard, Jr.
Menard, Jr. is the founder and owner of home improvement chain Menards. Net worth: $9.2 billion
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Missouri: Jack C. Taylor
Taylor is the founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. Net worth: $7.4 billion
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Florida: Micky Arison
Arison is chairman of cruise company Carnival Corp. and the owner of the NBA’s Miami Heat. Net worth: $6.5 billion
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Michigan: Kenneth Dart
Dart is heir to the Dart Container Corp. fortune. Net worth: $5.8 billion
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Montana: Dennis Washington
Washington is an industrialist and philanthropist. Pictured here is his yacht, the Attessa. Net worth: $5.8 billion
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Illinois: Kenneth C. Griffin
Griffin is founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel LLC. Net worth: $5.3 billion
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Indiana: Gayle Cook
Cook is co-founder of Cook Group. Net worth: $5.1 billion.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed Bath & Body Works to the Cook Group. It is owned by L Brands. The story has been corrected.
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Ohio: Leslie Wexner
Wexner is chairman and CEO of fashion retailer L Brands which owns Bath & Body Works. Net worth: $5.1 billion.
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Arizona: Bruce Halle, Sr.
Halle, Sr., is founder and chairman of Discount Tire. Net worth: $4.7 billion
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Tennessee: Thomas Frist, Jr.
Frist, Jr. is co-founder of Hospital Corp. of America. Net worth: $4.3 billion
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Minnesota: Whitney MacMillan
MacMillan is great-grandson of Cargill founder William W. Cargill. Net worth: $3.8 billion
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Maryland: Theodore Lerner
Lerner is a real estate developer and principal owner of Washington Nationals baseball team. Net worth: $3.7 billion
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South Carolina: Anita Zucker
Zucker is the widow of Jerry Zucker, former CEO of retail firm Hudson’s Bay Co. Net worth: $2.7 billion
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Kentucky: Brad M. Kelley
Kelley is founder of Commonwealth Brands tobacco company. Net worth: $2 billion
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Alabama: Marguerite Harbert
Harbert is the widow of John M. Harbert, founder of investment management company Harbert Corp. Net worth: $1.8 billion
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Pennsylvania: John S. Middleton
Middleton is the co-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies. Net worth: $1.8 billion
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Rhode Island: Jonathan Nelson
Nelson is the founder of Providence Equity Partners. Net worth: $1.6 billion
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Vermont: Robert Stiller
Stiller is the former chairman and founder of Green Mountain Coffee. Net worth: $1.6 billion
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West Virginia: James C. Justice II
Justice II is the owner of Greenbrier Resorts. Net worth: $1.6 billion
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Louisiana: Thomas Benson
Benson is the owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans. Net worth: $1.5 billion
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Iowa: Dennis Albaugh
Albaugh is the founder of pesticides company Albaugh Inc. Net worth: $1.4 billion. Shown: Wind mills and a corn field near Colo, Iowa.
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Idaho: Frank Vandersloot
Vandersloot is the founder and CEO of Melaleuca Inc., maker of environmentally friendly products. Net worth: $1.2 billion. Shown: View of the Sawtooth Range near Stanley, Idaho
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North Dakota: Gary Tharaldson
Tharaldson is the founder of Tharaldson Hospitality Management LLC. Net worth: $1 billion
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Utah: Jon M. Huntsman, Sr.
Huntsman, Sr. is the founder of Huntsman Chemical Corp. Net worth: $950 million. Huntsman is on the right in this image.
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New Mexico: Mack C. Chase
Chase is the, president and founder of oil and gas company Chase Energy Corp. Net worth: $910 million. Shown: The New Mexico state flag.
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Mississippi: David H. Nutt
Nutt is a trial lawyer with Nutt-McAlister. Net worth: $880 million
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Maine: Leon Gorman
Gorman is former chairman and president of L.L. Bean clothing company. Net worth: $840 million.
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Delaware: Robert Gore
Gore is chairman of W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., developer of Gore-Tex. Net worth: $830 million
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Hawaii: Jay Shidler
Shidler is the founder and managing partner of real-estate investment firm The Shidler Group. Net worth: $700 million. Shidler is fourth from the right in this image.
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South Dakota: T. Denny Sanford
Sanford is chairman and CEO of bank holding company United National Corp. Net worth: $580 million. This sculpture of him stands in front of the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Alaska: Robert Gillam
Gillam is founder of institutional investment management firm McKinley Capital Management LLC. Net worth: $480 million. Shown: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
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Wyoming: Jonathan Ledecky
Ledecky is chairman and chief accounting officer at Kitara Media Corp. Net worth: $340 million
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