From Musk to Bezos: Who is the wealthiest person in each US state

According to the website World Population Review, the United States has the biggest number of billionaires, with 756 as of 2023. There are no billionaires in Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia. For the rest, check out this list!

Arizona billionaire Arturo ‘Arte’ Moreno not only has 4.8 billion US dollars in the bank, he’s also the CEO of Outdoor Systems and more famously, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels.

If you have bought something in Walmart, you have helped to make the 70 billion US dollars in Jim Walton’s pocket. His father, Sam Walton, began Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas in 1962, where the family still resides.

Pictured: Jim Walton (on the right) with other family members.

California is home of many billionaires, but the wealthiest of them is Larry Page, according to Forbes. The Google co-founder has a wealth of over 120 billion US dollars!

Philip Anschutz from Colorado can boast having over 10 billion US dollars. He’s the head of The Anschutz Corporation, who owns, among other things, the Coachella Festival and LA Galaxy. He’s also the co-founded of the Major League Soccer.

Connecticut is well-known to be home to many wealthy people, but the one above all of them is hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, with almost 20 billion US dollars in the bank.

Another hedge fund manager on the list is Kenneth Griffin from Florida. He’s the founder and CEO of Citadel LLC. Plus, he owns Citadel Securities, a separate entity that boasts being one of the largest market makers in the US stock exchange.

Georgia’s Cathy family, more specifically siblings Dan, Donald and Trudy, are the heirs of Chick-fil-A with a combined wealth of 11 billion US dollars.

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Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is the wealthiest resident of Hawaii and one of the top-tier billionaires in this list. Ellison owns 98% of Lanai, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago.

Idaho’s Frank VanderSloot is a rancher, entrepreneur, and political financier with circa 3 billion US dollars in the bank.

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Lukas Walton is another Walmart heir in the list who lives in Chicago, Illinois, and has an estimated worth of 24 billion US dollars.

Indiana’s Carl Cook is the head of the Cook Group, a medical device company founded by his parents, and has a personal wealth of some 10 billion US dollars.

You may have never heard of Harry Stine, but this Iowa resident is the founder of Stine Seed, the world’s largest private seed company. Stine himself has almost 7 billion US dollars in the bank.

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Kansas man Charles Koch has not only been the head of Koch Industries, his personal wealth aronud 60 billion US dollars makes him one of the top 20 billionaires in the world.

Tamara Hughes Gustavson is the heiress of B. Wayne Hughes, who was founder and president of Public Storage. This Kentucky woman currently owns 11% of her late father’s self-storage company.

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Louisiana is known around the globe for its food, if you don't believe it you just have to ask Todd Graves, who has over 7 billion US dollars in the bank thanks to his franchise, Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers!

Another billionaire woman on this list is Susan Alfond, from Maine, with 2.7 billion US dollars in the bank, mostly from investing in stock holdings.

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Annette Lerner and her children are the heirs of late Maryland real estate developer Ted Lerner, whose company was the largest private largest landowner in the metro DC area (pictured). Their family fortune is calculated north of 6 billion US dollars.

Abigail Johnson is the CEO of Fidelity Investments, the multimillion financial services corporation founded by her grandfather. With private wealth with an estimated worth north of 25 billion US dollars, Johnson is the wealthiest resident of Massachusetts.

Michigan resident Daniel Gilbert is the co-founder and majority owner of Rocket Mortgage and is also the owner of several professional sports franchise, including the Cleveland Cavaliers, pictured here.

Glen Taylor from Minnesota is the owner of the Taylor Corporation, one of the largest graphic communication companies in the world. Taylor, whose worth is circa 2.6 billion US dollars, owns several Minneapolis landmarks such as the Star Tribune newspaper and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Mississippi’s Thomas and James Duff are brothers and heirs of Ernest Duff, founder of Southern Tire Mart and Duff Capital Investors. Their fortune is valued around 2.3 billion US dollars.

If you have ever bought something at Bass Pro Shops, you have put money in the over 8 billion US dollars that Missouri native Johnny Morris has in the bank.

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Dennis Washington is a Montana industrialist who made his 7 billion-dollar fortune in shipyards, maritime transportation, and mining, along with other ventures.

With a wealth estimated above 128 billion US dollars, Warren Buffett is not only the wealthiest man in Nebraska but one of the richest individuals around the world.

Miriam Adelson and her family are the heirs of Las Vegas Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, with over 32 billion US dollars in the bank. Adelson is not only the wealthiest Nevada resident, she’s also the richest Israeli citizen in the world.

New Jersey resident Rocco Commisso is the founder, owner, and head of Mediacom, one of the largest cable companies in the United States. With a personal fortune around 8 billion US dollars, Commisso is also the owner of the New York Cosmos football team.

Before being mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg was already the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg L.P., a financial software and data company that has made him one of the wealthiest men in the world with 94.5 billion US dollars.

North Carolina’s James Goodnight is a software developer that co-founded SAS Institute, the world’s largest privately held software company. Goodnight’s worth is generally calculated above the 8 billion US dollars.

Les Wexner is the founder and chairman emeritus of Bath & Body Works, Inc. and includes clothing store brands such as Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch. The Ohio-based Wexner family is reported to have some 6 billion US dollars in the bank.

Oklahoma’s Harold Hamm is a gas and oil magnate known for his shale oil extractions. Hamm and his family are worth some 18.5 billion US dollars.

Phil Knight is the co-founder of athletic footwear company Nike. This Oregon native and his family has a fortune valued above 41 billion US dollars.

Jeff Yass is not only co-founder and head of the Susquehanna International Group, but was also an early investor of TikTok. This Pennsylvania resident possesses a wealth of over 28 billion US dollars.

Jonathan Nelson is a businessman and inventor from Rhode Island and founder of Providence Equity Partners. His personal worth is calculated north of 4.5 billion US dollars.

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South Carolina’s Bob Faith is the founder, owner, and head of Greystar Real Estate Partners and posses a fortune circa 5.2 billion US dollars.

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T. Denny Sanford is a South Dakota businessman who founded the First Premier Bank and the holdings company United National. Sandford owns around 2 billion US dollars.

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Thomas Frist Jr. from Tennessee co-founded HCA Healthcare, a for-profit operator that owns and operates over 160 hospitals in the United States. The Frist family fortune is estimated above 22 billion US dollars.

South African-born billionaire and inventor Elon Musk is a man that needs no introduction. This Texas resident is considered one of the world’s wealthiest individuals, with something around 200 billion US dollars in the bank.

Gail Miller is the widow of Utah entrepreneur Larry H. Miller, the late founder and owner of the LHM Company. It is estimated that her personal wealth is around 4.2 billion US dollars.

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Jacqueline Mars is the granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founder of US candy company Mars Inc., which makes Mars Bars and M&M’s. With almost 40 billion US dollars in the bank, she’s the wealthiest resident of the state of Virginia.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is another man who needs no introduction. With a fortune oscillating around the 190 billion US dollars, he’s the wealthiest man in the state of Washington and one of the richest man in the world.

John Menard Jr. from Wisconsin is the founder of Menards, a chain of home improvement stores in the Midwest that has brought him a fortune north of 20 billion US dollars. He’s also the father of former NASCAR driver Paul Menard.

Wyoming resident John Franklyn Mars is another heir of the Mars candy fortune, along with his sister Jacqueline. With almost 40 billion US dollars, it's not exactly loose change!