Tops In the State
Did you know that there are currently just three states in the country that don't have a billionaire resident? Try and guess which states they are as you also check out the wealthiest person currently residing in all 50 states.
Let's go alphabetically (by state, not by rich person)...
Alabama: Jimmy Rane
Age: 77
Estimated Net Worth: $1.7 Billion
Jimmy Rane has made his billions on wood. Rane is the founder and CEO of Great Southern Wood Preserving, but you might know him better as "the Yella Fella"—his cowboy alter-ego from the company's TV commercials.
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Alaska: Leonard Hyde & Jonathan Rubini
Age: 67 & 69
Estimated Net Worth: $400 Million
Hyde and Rubini are 50/50 in the commercial real estate development company, JL Properties, in Anchorage, Alaska. And while they might not be billionaires—they've done just fine for themselves and their families.
Arizona: Ernest Garcia II
Age: 66
Estimated Net Worth: $17 Billion
As the biggest shareholder of Carvana and the owner of the country's fourth-biggest used car retailer, Garcia is worth $17 billion as of January 2025.
Fun Fact: His son, Ernest Garcia III, founded Carvana.
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Arkansas: Jim Walton
Age: 75
Estimated Net Worth: $109.1 Billion
Jim Walton's dad is Sam Walton—you know, the founder of Walmart. Jim is the youngest son and, along with the other heirs, owns about 45% of Walmart's stock.
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California: Mark Zuckerberg
Age: 40
Estimated Net Worth: $211.8 Billion
As the third richest person in the country, there are only two states Zuckerberg could move to where he wouldn't be the richest person there.
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Colorado: Philip Anschutz
Age: 84
Estimated Net Worth: $16.9 Billion
Oil, railroads, telecom, real estate, and entertainment—Philip Anschutz has made his billions in all of them. He's the majority owner of the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL and owns the Crypto.com Arena (where the Kings play). He also built one of the biggest wind farms in the world on 320,000 acres in Wyoming.
Connecticut: Steve Cohen
Age: 67
Estimated Net Worth: $21.3 Billion
In 2013, Cohen's hedge fund firm was found guilty of insider trading and forced to pay $1.8 billion in fines. And yet, the man is worth over $21 billion today and bought the New York Mets for $2.4 billion in 2020 (the most ever paid for an MLB franchise). So, he's doing okay.
Delaware: Elizabeth Snyder
Age: 76
Estimated Net Worth: $800 Million
In the second state without a billionaire resident, Elizabeth Snyder stands on the highest pile of money. It's a fortune her family built on Gore-Tex (something her chemical engineer brother fell on in the lab one night when trying to stretch Teflon).
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Florida: Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Estimated Net Worth: $800 Million
With Jeff Bezos's move from Seattle back to his hometown of Miami, Washington State has a new richest person and—so does Florida. Because, as the second richest person in America, unless he'd moved to Elon Musk's state, Bezos was always going to be number one.
Georgia: Dan Cathy
Age: 70
Estimated Net Worth: $10.6 Billion
Truett Cathy founded Chick-fil-A back in 1967 and his son Dan is the current chairman of the fried fast food company. His son Andrew took over CEO duties in 2021 and his brother Bubba is the executive vice president.
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Hawaii: Pierre Omidyar
Age: 57
Estimated Net Worth: $10.5 Billion
Omidyar founded eBay back in 1995 and currently sits on the board of the company. Omidyar gifted over 9 million eBay shares per year between 2005 and 2020.
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Idaho: Frank VanderSloot
Age: 76
Estimated Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
The richest resident of Idaho owns almost 150,000 acres of land across three states (Idaho, Utah, and Montana). He made the money to buy that land with his company, Melaleuca—which produces over 400 products that they sell direct to consumers: everything from health supplements to household cleaners.
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Illinois: Lukas Walton
Age: 38
Estimated Net Worth: $38.2 Billion
Yes, we've seen that last name before on this list. Lukas Walton is the grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton and his fortune comes from the inheritance he took in when he tragically lost his father John (one of Sam's sons) in a 2005 plane crash.
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Indiana: Carl Cook
Age: 62
Estimated Net Worth: $10.9 Billion
Carl Cook is the CEO of medical device manufacturer, Cook Group—a role he took on after his father passed in 2011.
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Iowa: Harry Stine
Age: 83
Estimated Net Worth: $10.2 Billion
The son of a farmer, Harry Stine turned his fascination with seeds into a multi-billion dollar business licensing corn and soybean genetics.
Kansas: Charles Koch
Age: 89
Estimated Net Worth: $67.5 Billion
From pipelines to Dixie cups, Koch, Inc has their $100+ billion hand in a diversified number of businesses—and Charles Koch has been the chairman of that company since 1967.
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Kentucky: Tamara Gustavson
Age: 63
Estimated Net Worth: $8.2 Billion
B Wayne Hughes (who passed away in 2021) co-founded the self-storage juggernaut, Public Storage back, in 1972—and his daughter Tamara is currently the company's largest shareholder.
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Louisiana: Todd Graves
Age: 52
Estimated Net Worth: $9.5 Billion
While in college, Graves came up with the idea of a restaurant that served only chicken finger meals. He got the lowest grade in the class, but eventually that idea became Raising Cane's.
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Maine: Susan Alfond
Age: 79
Estimated Net Worth: $3.4 Billion
Susan's father started the Dexter Shoe Company in 1958 and, in 1993, sold the company to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway for $420 million of stock. Now worth billions, Susan and her siblings inherited the fortune when their father passed.
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Maryland: Annette Lerner
Age: 94
Estimated Net Worth: $5.7 Billion
In 1952, Lerner's 26-year-old husband Ted Lerner borrowed $250 from her to start a real estate company, selling homes for developers. Lerner Enterprises now owns tons of real estate in the Washington DC area and since 2006 the family has also owned the Washington Nationals baseball team. Lerner passed in 2023 and Annette and her children were the heirs to the estate.
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Massachusetts: Abigail Johnson
Age: 63
Estimated Net Worth: $36.9 Billion
Abigail Johnson's Grandfather Edward Johnson II founded Fidelity Investments in 1946 and in 2014 she took over the CEO position from her father. Her stake in the firm is estimated to be about 28.5%.
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Michigan: Daniel Gilbert
Age: 63
Estimated Net Worth: $22.4 Billion
The richest person in Michigan is the guy who owns the Cleveland Cavaliers. And where do the Cavs play? Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, of course (formerly known as Quicken Loans Arena). And who co-founded Quicken Loans and took them public as Rocket Companies? Well, Daniel Gilbert, of course.
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Minnesota: Glen Taylor
Age: 83
Estimated Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Taylor turned a $2 million wedding service business into Taylor Corp: A printing firm with over $2 billion in sales. Not bad.
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Mississippi: Thomas And James Duff
Age: 68, 63
Estimated Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
The Duff brothers co-founded and co-own holding company Duff Capital Investors—with more than 20 businesses bringing in upwards of $5 billion.
Missouri: John Morris
Age: 76
Estimated Net Worth: $9.4 Billion
You know Bass Pro Shops? Well, you have John Morris to thank for that outdoor gear retail behemoth. He is the man who founded the company and is the CEO.
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Montana: Dennis Washington
Age: 90
Estimated Net Worth: $7.4 Billion
Dennis Washington is the man behind Washington Companies, which has interests in copper mining, marine transportation, and heavy equipment businesses.
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Nebraska: Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Estimated Net Worth: $146.2 Billion
Who else could stand atop Nebraska's money mountain other than the "Oracle of Omaha" himself? Maybe the greatest investor ever, Warren Buffett is an icon in the financial game and a true philanthropist—having promised to donate over 99% of his wealth.
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Nevada: Miriam Adelson
Age: 79
Estimated Net Worth: $31.9 Billion
You knew that it was going to be casino money that topped the list in Las Vegas' state—and you were right. Miriam Adelson is the widow of former CEO and chairman of casino company Las Vegas Sands, Sheldon Adelson.
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New Hampshire: Rick Cohen
Age: 72
Estimated Net Worth: $14.6 Billion
You've probably never heard of the warehouse automation firm Symbotic—but it is the company started by New Hampshirite Rick Cohen, and the source of most of his billions.
New Jersey: Rocco Commisso
Age: 75
Estimated Net Worth: $6.2 Billion
The cable company Mediacom was founded by Rocco Commisso and he is the company's CEO. He's also the owner of Italian Serie A soccer team Fiorentina—which he bought back in 2019 for between $150-$200 million.
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New Mexico: Ron Corio
Age: 63
Estimated Net Worth: $1.7 Billion
Corio made his billions in solar with his company, Array Technologies. He is the state of New Mexico's first billionaire.
New York: Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Estimated Net Worth: $105.7 Billion
There are a lot of rich people in New York State—but none are as rich as Michael Bloomberg. He was also the mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013.
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North Carolina: James Goodnight
Age: 82
Estimated Net Worth: $10.8 Billion
Do you know SAS? Given that their software products are used by more than 80,000 organizations around the world—there's a good chance you do. Which is why the company is making billions in revenue every year and why its co-founder, James Goodnight, is the richest person in North Carolina.
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North Dakota: Gary Tharaldson
Age: 79
Estimated Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
In 1982, Gary Tharaldson purchased his first Super 8 motel. Since then, he's gone on to build, own, and operate over 480 hotels.
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Ohio: Les Wexner
Age: 87
Estimated Net Worth: $7.9 Billion
Wexner started The Limited in 1963 and in 1982 he bought Victoria's Secret for $1 million. In 2020, he sold his stake in Victoria's Secret for $525 million. His L Brands company has had many other well-known retail brands under its umbrella over the years as well.
Oklahoma: Harold Hamm
Age: 79
Estimated Net Worth: $18.5 Billion
Continental Resources is one of the biggest independent oil companies in the country—and who founded it? None other than Harold Hamm.
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Oregon: Phil Knight
Age: 86
Estimated Net Worth: $33.7 Billion
Phil Knight co-founded Nike and was the company's chairman for 52 years until he retired from the position in 2016. He and his family own 20% of Nike (which made $51 billion in revenue in 2024).
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Pennsylvania: Jeff Yass
Age: 66
Estimated Net Worth: $49.6 Billion
Yass became a pro gambler after graduating from university, before heading to the trading floor of the Pennsylvania Stock Exchange. In 1987, he co-founded Susquehanna International Group—which has become one of Wall Street's most successful trading firms.
Rhode Island: Jonathan Nelson
Age: 68
Estimated Net Worth: $3.4 Billion
Nelson founded private equity firm Providence Equity Partners in 1989 and has invested in more than 170 companies over the last three decades. He obviously made some good choices.
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South Carolina: Robert Faith
Age: 61
Estimated Net Worth: $5 Billion
Bob Faith is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Greystar—a global real estate firm with $320 billion in real estate across five continents.
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South Dakota: T Denny Sanford
Age: 89
Estimated Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Sanford owns First Premier Bank—whose focus is offering credit cards to high-risk borrowers. He is a big philanthropist and has said that he wants to die broke.
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Tennessee: Thomas Frist, Jr
Age: 86
Estimated Net Worth: $26 Billion
Frist, Jr is a former Air Force flight surgeon and in 1968—along with his father—he founded Hospital Corp of America. They currently own and operate 186 hospitals and about 2,400 sites of care in 20 states and in the United Kingdom.
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Texas: Elon Musk
Age: 53
Estimated Net Worth: $431.4 Billion
As the current richest person in the world, wherever Musk resides, he is the richest person there.
Utah: Gail Miller
Age: 81
Estimated Net Worth: $4.4 Billion
Gail and her husband Larry (who passed in 2009) turned one single Toyota dealership into the eighth-largest auto dealer group in the country—then she sold it in 2021 for $3.2 billion. They also bought the Utah Jazz in 1986 for $22 million and sold it for $1.66 billion in 2020.
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Vermont: John Abele
Age: 87
Estimated Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
In 1979, Abele co-founded the medical device developer Boston Scientific. In 1992, he took the company public. In 1996, he was listed on the Forbes 400 as a billionaire for the first time.
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Virginia: Jacqueline Mars
Age: 85
Estimated Net Worth: $42.4 Billion
Yes, she is part of that Mars family, the one that makes the candy, and that her grandfather started back in 1911. Jacqueline owns about one-third of the Mars corporation.
Washington: Bill Gates
Age: 69
Estimated Net Worth: $107.1 Billion
With Jeff Bezos' move to Florida, Bill Gates has moved up from number two and assumed the top spot in Washington State. It's crazy to think that someone worth $107.1 billion would ever be second on any state list. But that's what Amazon does to the little guys. Right?
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West Virginia: Brad Smith
Age: 60
Estimated Net Worth: $900 Million
And here we have the third and final state without a billionaire. Although, Brad Smith—the former CEO of Intuit—is getting pretty close.
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Wisconsin: John Menard Jr
Age: 85
Estimated Net Worth: $25.3 Billion
Everyone knows Home Depot and Lowe's, but in the middle of the country, from Wyoming to West Virginia, one of the major competitors to those two giants is Menards—with over 340 stores and $13 billion in sales.
Wyoming: John Mars
Age: 89
Estimated Net Worth: $42.4 Billion
Jacqueline Mars' older brother John Mars also owns one-third of the candy company. Although, not just candy anymore—as the Mars company is also a big time player in pet care with brands that include Pedigree and Whiskas.
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