Richest People in Every State, Who Are the Billionaires in the United States?
Ever wondered where America’s wealthiest people call home? From coast to coast, billionaires dot the map of the United States. Each state of America has glorious names of ultra-rich individuals. 47 states of the US are home to at least one billionaire.
Recently Forbes shared a list with Billionaires in the United States who have top spots in the world’s billionaire list too. Let’s find out which billionaire is from your state.
The United States Billionaires In Every State
1)Steve Cohen
Residence: Greenwich
Est. Worth: $19.8 Billion
Source: Hedge Funds
Steve Cohen is a 67 years old billionaire based in Connecticut. He is the investor and fund manager of Hedge and founded Point72 Asset Management. Previously he also founded SAC Capital Advisors, one of the most successful hedge funds but because of insider trading charges, it was pleaded guilty in 2013. He is famous for his contributions to the field of healthcare and education.
2)Jonathan Rubini and Family
State: Alaska
Residence: Anchorage
Est. Worth: $0.4 Billion
Source: Real Estate
Jonathan Rubini is 69 years old, he is the chairman and CEO of JL Properties which constructs big buildings in Alaska. Rubini and his friend Leonard Hyde together in partnership control some of the big building’s construction including ConocoPhillips Towers and JL Tower. Both Rubini and Hyde also have hotels in Florida and a Business park in Utah.
3)Leonard Hyde and Family
State: Alaska
Residence: Anchorage
Est. Worth: $0.4 Billion
Source: Real Estate
Leonard Hyde (67) along with Jonathan Rubini started their own company named JL Properties which deals in constructing big buildings in Alaska. Hyde is the president of this company. Both the partners own 50% of the shares of the founded company.
4)Ernest Garcia II
State: Arizona
Residence: Tempe
Est. Worth: $8 Billion
Source: Used Cars
Ernest Garcia II (66) is the largest shareholder of Carvana which provides an online platform to make auto loans and sell already used cars. He also owns the country’s biggest used car retailer DriveTime Automotive.
5)Jimmy Rane
State: Alabama
Residence: Abbeville
Est. Worth: $1.5 Billion
Source: Lumber
Jimmy Rane (67) is the CEO and founder of Great Southern Wood Pressing which has a specialty in making fences, decks, and various lumber products. He is famously known as ‘yella fella’ because he always acts as a cowboy in television ads. Jimmy Rane’s foundation, founded in 2000, has provided more than 620 college scholarships.
6)Mark Zuckerberg
State: California
Residence: Palo Alto
Est. Worth: $177 Billion
Source: Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg a 39 years old young businessman. When he was 19 he created Facebook for his classmates with their names and matching photos but later in 2012 he publicly introduced Facebook as a social media platform. Now Mark owns 13% of the company’s total share. In 2021 Facebook turned into Meta to shift the objective of the company to metaverse.
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7)Philip Anschutz
State: Colorado
Residence: Denver
Est. Worth: $15.3 Billion
Source: Energy Sports Entertainment
Age: 84
For the last five decades, Philip Anschutz has worked in many areas including oil, real estate, telecom, and entertainment. Philip is the owner of the Los Angeles soccer team and the Los Angeles Kings Hockey team. His entertainment group Anschutz Entertainment group is connected with 350 places for concerts around the world.
8)Jim Walton and Family
State: Arkansas
Residence: Bentonville
Est. Worth: $78.4 Billion
Source: Walmart
Age: 75
Walmart is founded by Jim Walton’s father Sam Walton. Jim is the chairman of the family bank named Arvest Bank which comprises more than $20 Billion. Jim Walton along with his other siblings owns half of the stock of Walmart.
9)Elizabeth Snyder
State: Delaware
Residence: Wilmington
Est. Worth:$ 0.8 Billion
Source: Gore-Tex
Age: 76
Founded by her parents Elizabeth Snyder is a billionaire because of the company named W.L Gore and Associates which specializes in making waterproof and lightweight fabric. Gore-Tex is mostly used in making outdoor fabrics and shoes and this is one of the patented ideas out of other 7000 ideas of the company. She owns 5.5% of the company.
10)Jeff Bezos
State: Florida
Residence: Miami
Est. Worth: $194 Billion
Source: Amazon
Age: 60
In 1994 Jeff Bezos founded one of the largest online shopping platforms, Amazon. In 2021 he became the executive chairman of the company and owns 10% share. After the divorce, Jeff transferred 16% of the share to his wife MacKenzie. He is also the owner of The Washington Post and Blue Origin which specializes in making rockets.
11)Frank VanderSloot
State: Idaho
Residence: Idaho Falls
Est. Worth: $3.3 Billion
Source: Nutrition Wellness Products
Age: 75
Melaleuca founded by Frank Vandersloot is a company that makes various products related to house cleaners and healthcare products. Through its online store, Melaleuca sells its products directly to consumers. It sells its product to almost one million consumers in a month.
12)Pierre Omidyar
State: Hawaii
Residence: H$6.3 Billion
Source: E-Bay and PayPal
Age: 56
In 1995 Pierre Omidyar founded an online shopping website Ebay where you can sell or buy products. In 2002 eBay partnered with an online payment app called PayPal but in 2014 both the companies separated. He is also the owner of The First Look Media which further owns Top Studios for entertainment and The Intercept news site.
13)Dan Cathy, Buba Cathy, and Trudy Cathy White
State: Georgia
Residence: Atlanta
Est. Worth: $11.2 Billion
Source: Chick-fil-A
Age:70,69,67
Dan Cathy is the owner of a fast food company named Chick-fil-A famous for its fried chicken. In 2013 he became the owner of the company. In 2021 his son Andrew became the CEO of the company. Dan’s brother Buba also has a significant role in the fast food company.
14)Lukas Walton
State: Illinois
Residence: Chicago
Est. Worth: $28 Billion
Source: Walmart
Age: 37
Lukas Walton is the grandson of Sam Waltson who founded Walmart. Lukas invests in companies that work for society and the environment. He is the owner of some parts of Arvest Bank, First Solar, and Walmart. He has given $ 150 Million for the family’s foundation.
15)Carl Cook
State: Indiana
Residence: Bloomington
Est. Worth: $10.6 Billion
Source: Medical Devices
Age: 61
Carl Cook became the CEO of the company Cook Group founded by his parents. The company manufactures medical devices. Carl is in charge of another part of the company named Cook Myosite which works on a treatment related to urinary incontinence.
16)Tamara Gustavson
State: Kentucky
Residence: Lexington
Est. Worth: $7.8 Billion
Source: Self Storage
Age: 62
Tamara Hughes owns the largest shares of Public Storage co-founded by her father B, Wayne Hughes which is a self-storage company. She owns 10% of the company. She is also a part of the William Lawrence and Blanche Hughes Foundation which works for childhood leukemia.
17)Charles Koch and Family
State: Kansas
Residence: Wichita
Est. Worth: 58.5 Billion
Source: Koch Industries
Age: 88
Charles Koch is in charge of the second largest private company in America Koch Industries. The company does business in chemicals, pipelines, and automotive components. From 2020-2022 he donated $5.3 Billion to Koch Industries in politics and lobbying.
18)Harry Stine
State: Iowa
Residence: Adel
Est. Worth: $9.7 Billion
Source: Agriculture
Age: 82
Harry Stine has earned a lot of money by selling soybeans and corn to companies like Syngenta and Monsanto. Harry Stine is dyslexic and has autism but he is excellent in making deals and good with numbers and data. He has also given a large sum of money to places that provide care for elders. He has given money to places like McPherson College, Supergeon Manor, and Iowa.
19)Todd Graves
State: Louisiana
Residence: Baton Rouge
Est. Worth: $9.1 Billion
Source: Raising Cane’s
Age: 52
Raising Cane, a fast food chain famous for its fried chicken was founded by Todd Graves. In 1996 using his own savings and SBA loan he established Raising Canes. It is located in more than 40 states with 800 locations.
20)Abigail Johnson
State: Massachusetts
Residence: Milton
Est. Worth: $29 Billion
Source: Fidelity
Age: 62
In 2014 Abigail took over his father and became the CEO of Fidelity Investments. This company was founded by her grandfather Edward Johnson II in 1946. She owns 28.5% share of the company which is worth $4.5 Trillion.
21)Annette Lerner and Family
State: Maryland
Residence: Chevy Chase
Est. Worth: $6.4 Billion
Source: Real Estate
Age: 94
Annette Lerneer in 1956 gave her husband Ted Lerner $250 to start a real estate company. In today’s time, Lerner’s enterprise is one of the largest real estate companies in Washington D.C. In 2023 Ted Lerner died after which Annette Lerner and her children now own the overall company.
22)Susan Alfond
State: Maine
Residence: Scarborough
Est. Worth: $ 3.1 Billion
Source: Shoes
Age: 78
Susan Alfond along with her other three siblings became the heirs of Dexter Shoe Company after their father who founded the company died. In 1993 Harold sold Dexter Shoe Company to Berkshire Hathaway for $420 Million and now the shares of the company are worth millions.
23)Thomas Duff and James Duff
State: Mississippi
Residence: Hattiesburg
Est. Worth: $ 3 Billion
Source: Tiers, Diversified
Age: 66, 62
Duff Capital was started by brothers Thomas and James Duff. The company earns a lot of money from over 20 business ventures. Both the brothers started the Duff capital in 2007. Southern Tier Mart is their main company sells a lot of tires and is in partnership with Pilot Flying J to open new shops.
24)Glen Taylor
State: Minnesota
Residence: Mankato
Est. Worth: $ 2.9 Billion
Source: Printing
Age: 82
In 1975 Glen Taylor founded a wedding business and later changed it to a printing company named Taylor Corp. The sale of the company is $ 2 Billion. In 2015 Glen stepped down as the CEO but is still the chairman of the company. Glen Taylor owns farmland in Iowa and Minnesota.
25)Daniel Gilbert
State: Michigan
Residence: Franklin
Est. Worth: $26.2 Billion
Source: Quicken Loans
Age: 62
In 1985, when Daniel Gilbert was 22 years old he founded Quicken Loans, the biggest mortgage lender in the US. In 2020 the company became public as Rocket Companies at $36 Billion value. Daniel Gilbert is the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.
26)John Morris
State: Missouri
Residence: Springfield
Est. Worth:$9.5 Billion
Source: Sporting Goods Retail
Age: 76
John Morris is the owner of Bass Pro Shops, a huge outdoor gear store that makes $8.1 billion in sales. In 1972, he began the store by selling fishing stuff out of his dad’s liquor shop in Missouri. He bought another big outdoor store called Cabela’s worth $5 billion in the year 2017 making Bass ProShops even bigger. He also owned the biggest boat-making company known as White River Marine Group.
27)Warren Buffett
State: Nebraska
Residence: Omaha
Est. Worth:$133 Billion
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Age: 93
Warren Buffett known as the “Oracle of Omaha” is a successful investor. He is in charge of Berkshire Hathaway, a company that owns a lot of other companies such as Duracell, Dairy Queen, and Geico. When he was a kid, he started investing, buying stocks at 11, and doing taxes at the age of 13.
28)Dennis Washington
State: Montana
Residence: Missoula
Est. Worth:$7 Billion
Source: Construction, Mining
Age: 89
Dennis Washington transformed his love for machinery into a wide-ranging named Washington Companies. He owns maritime transportation, copper mines, and heavy equipment manufacturing. He gained experience in construction while employed by his uncle. He ventured out to establish his construction firm with a $30000 loan. He also put his money into Seaspan Corp as the wealthiest individual in Montana, an enterprise co-founded by his son Kyle.
29)Miriam Adelson & Family
State: Nevada
Residence: Las Vegas
Est. Worth:$32 Billion
Source: Casinos
Age: 78
Miriam Adelson is the spouse of Sheldon Adelson, who used to lead a big casino company known as Las Vegas Sands until he passed away in 2021 at the age of 87. Now, she and his family own his company which runs casinos in different places like Macao and Singapore. They are supporters of the Republican Party, giving $180 million to Republican groups and campaigns in 2020.
30)Rocco Commisso
State: New Jersey
Residence: Saddle River
Est. Worth:$8 Billion
Source: Telecom
Age:74
Rocco Commisso started a company called Mediacom, located in Chester, New York. Before that, he was the money guy at Cablevision Industries, which was bought by Time Warner in 1995. He bought an Italian Soccer team called Fiorentina in 2019, spending $150 million to $200 million.
31)Rick Cohen & Family
State: New Hampshire
Residence: Keene
Est. Worth:$19.6 Billion
Source: Warehouse automation
Age:71
Rick Cohen who owns C&S Wholesale one of the biggest Grocery suppliers in the country, making $33 billion per year. However, the majority of his family’s wealth stems from Symbiotic, a company specializing in warehouse automation. They work with Walmart, Symbotic aids in automating the retail giant’s 42 distribution centers across the country.
32)Ron Corio
State: New Mexico
Residence: Albuquerque
Est. Worth:$1.7 Billion
Source: Solar
Age:62
Ron Corrio is the first billionaire from New Mexico. He started Array Technologies which created a system for tracking solar energy and used it to its top boss. In October 2020, after Array Technologies went public in Albuquerque New Mexico, he sold off his 38% ownership for around $1.2 billion before taxes in six months.
33)Michael Bloomberg
State: New York
Residence: New York
Est. Worth:$106 Billion
Source: Bloomberg LP
Age:82
Michael Bloomberg owned a company named Bloomberg LP in 198, which deals with media and financial information. He provided the initial money to get it going and currently owns 88%of the company. It makes a lot of money, with estimated revenues of around $13 billion.
34)James Goodnight
State: North Carolina
Residence: Cary
Est. Worth:$10.1 Billion
Source: Software
Age:81
35)Gary Tharoldson
State: North Dakota
Residence: Fargo
Est. Worth:$1.2 Billion
Source: Hotels
Age:78
Gary Tharoldson bought his first Super 8 Motel in Valley City, North Dakota. Since then, he’s been incredibly active. He owned, built, and ran more than 480 Hotels and opened a new one every month for over 40 years. In 2006, he decided to sell his 130 hotels to Goldman Sachs for $1.2 billion.
36)Phil Knight & Family
State: Oregon
Residence: Hillsboro
Est. Worth:$40.9 Billion
Source: Nike
Age:86
Phil Knight is the owner of the popular shoe company Nike, who retired as the chairman in 2016 after working there for 52 years in the company. While he was studying at the University of Oregon and running track, Knight teamed up with his old coach, Bill Bowerman to make Nike Shoes.
37)Robert Faith
State: South Carolina
Residence: Charleston
Est. Worth:$5.8 Billion
Source: Real Estate Management
Age:60
Bob Faith is the CEO of one of the big real estate companies named Greystar which deals with managing investments, properties, and developing real estate. The headquarters of the company is located in Charleston, South Carolina. He handles over $240 billion worth of real estate across five continents.
38)Harold Hamm & Family
State: Oklahoma
Residence: Oklahoma City
Est. Worth:$18.5 Billion
Source: Oil & Gas
Age:78
Harold Hamm is the owner of Continental Resources, one of the major independent oil companies in the US. Growing up as one of many children in Oklahoma, Hamm had worked at a gas station at the age of 16 and barefoot picking cotton. Later on, he started transporting water to and from oil fields and trucking business.
39)Jeff Yass
State: Pennsylvania
Residence: Haverford
Est. Worth:$27.6 Billion
Source: Trading, Investments
Age:65
Jeff Yass is the co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, a prosperous and large trading company on Wall Street. He also attended Suny Binghamton, and after becoming an expert in Gambling, he started trading on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange in 1981 with the support of billionaire Israel Englander.
40)Elon Musk
State: Texas
Residence: Austin
Est. Worth:$195 Billion
Source: Tesla, SpaceX
Age:52
Elon Musk is the owner of six companies SpaceX for rockets, Tesla for electric cars, and Boring Company for tunnels. He owns 12% of Tesla and used over half of his shares as loans for security up to $3.5 billion.
41)T. Denny Sanford
State: South Dakota
Residence: Sioux Falls
Est. Worth:$2.1 Billion
Source: Bankings, Credit Cards
Age:88
T.Denny Sanford is the owner of First Premier Bank, which focuses on giving credit cards to people who might have trouble getting them elsewhere. Though it only has 17 branches in South Dakota, Sioux Falls is one of the biggest issuers of Mastercard. He is also known for his charity work.
42)Bill Gates
State: Washington
Residence: Medina
Est. Worth:$128 Billion
Source: Microsoft
Age:68
Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft, the software company he built into various investments like Republic Services, and Deere&Co., a waste management company that makes tractors.
43)Gail Miller
State: Utah
Residence: Salt Lake City
Est. Worth:$3.9 Billion
Source: Car Dealerships
Age:80
Gail Miller owns a company named Larry H. Miller Group, which has investments in various industries like real estate, finance, entertainment, and Healthcare. Together with her late husband Larry transformed one Toyota Dealership into the largest eighth dealer group in the US.
44)John Abele
State: Vermont
Residence: Shelburne
Est. Worth:$1.9 Billion
Source: Healthcare
Age:87
John Abele started a company named Boston Scientific that creates medical devices, in 1979 to make treatments less invasive and easier to get. In 1992, the company went public, and by 1996, Abele was listed as the Billionaire in the Forbes 400.
45)Brad Smith
State: West Virginia
Residence: Huntington
Est. Worth:$0.9 Billion
Source: Intuit
Age:60
Brad Smith is the founder of Intuit, a company that makes business software, from 2008 to 2018. He served as the chairman of the company until January 2022. While Smith was CEO, Intuit’s value in the stock market enhanced a lot, and its sales almost doubled. Initially, he was the president of Marshall University.
46)John Mars
State: Wyoming
Residence: Jackson
Est. Worth:$38.5 Billion
Source: Candy, Pet Food
Age:88
John Mars and his Siblings late Forest and Jacqueline inherited shares in the candy company Mars. Jacqueline and Jack had about one-third of the company, while Forest Jr.’s four daughters ate of thought to own the rest. The company which has sales worth $45 billion, was started by their grandfather, Frank in 1911.
47)Susan Alfond
State: Maine
Residence: Scarborough
Est. Worth:$3.1 Billion
Source: Shoes
Age:78
Susan Alfond and her three siblings received a big inheritance from their father, owner of the Dexter Shoe Company. In 1958, he bought an old mill in Maine and transformed it into a shoe company that sells a lot of casual shoes and boots. He sold the company to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway for $420 million in stock in 1993.
48)Glen Taylor
State: Minnesota
Residence: Mankato
Est. Worth:$2.9 Billion
Source: Printing
Age:82
Glen Taylor is the owner of a wedding service company worth $2 million and transformed it into Taylor Corp., a printing company with more than $2 billion in sales. Talor worked at the wedding business while attending College and with that stepped down as the CEO of Taylor Corp. in 2015 though serves as a chairman.
49)Todd Graves
State: Louisiana
Residence: Baton Rouge
Est. Worth:$9.1 Billion
Source: Raising Cane’s
Age:52
Todd Graves is the CEO and Founder of Raising Cane’s, a fast food chain well-known for its fried chicken. In 1996, Graves used his savings with a loan from the Small Business Administration(SBA) to launch Raising Cane. Initially, his business has grown rapidly, with sales reaching $3.7 billion, and operates over 800 locations in more than 40 states serving their famous fried chickens.
50)Tamara Gustavson
State: Kentucky
Residence: Lexington
Est. Worth:$7.8 Billion
Source: Self Storage
Age:62
Tamara Gustavson is the biggest shareholder of Public Storage, a huge company for storing belongings that her father B. Wayne Hughes, helped start in 1972. She owns around 10% of the company. She’s been on the board since 2008.
