Every state has their person that is well-known and considered the richest in their state.
Every year Forbes scans the wealthiest person in every state. All but one person on the 2017 ranking also made last year’s ranking — but these state-leading tycoons saw their fortunes rise by $1.74 billion on average.
In all, they recorded 52 people (there were ties in two states) worth an aggregate $747 billion — up from $682 billion last year. Nearly 70% of them, or 36 people, are wealthier than last year; only 12 saw a decline in the value of their net worth. Their fortunes average $14.4 billion, up from $12.6 billion in 2016.
Here’s a break-down of the list:
Alabama
: Jimmy Rane, lumber, $950 million
Alaska
: Leonard Hyde, Jonathan Rubini & families, real estate, $310 million each
Arizona
: Mark Shoen, U-Haul, $3 billion
Arkansas
: Jim Walton, Walmart, $40.3 billion
California
: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, $74 billion
Colorado
: Philip Anschutz, investments, $12.7 billion
Connecticut
: Ray Dalio, hedge funds, $17.4 billion
Delaware
: Robert Gore and Elizabeth Snyder, Gore-Tex, $750 million each
Florida
: Thomas Peterffy, discount brokerage, $25.7 billion
Georgia
: Jim Kennedy, media, $9 billion
Hawaii
: Pierre Omidyar, eBay, $10.6 billion
Idaho
: Frank VanderSloot, nutrition and wellness, $3.4 billion
Illinois
: Ken Griffin, hedge funds, $9 billion
Indiana
: Carl Cook, medical devices, $8.2 billion
Iowa
: Harry Stine, agriculture, $3.2 billion
Kansas
: Charles Koch, Koch Industries, $51.5 billion
Kentucky
: B. Wayne Hughes, self storage, $2.7 billion
Louisiana
: Gayle Benson, New Orleans Saints, $2.7 billion
Maine
: Susan Alfond, shoes, $1.6 billion
Maryland
: Ted Lerner & family, real estate, $5.1 billion
Massachusetts
: Abigail Johnson, money management, $16.9 billion
Michigan
: Daniel Gilbert, Quicken Loans, $6.3 billion
Minnesota
: Glen Taylor, printing, $2.8 billion
Mississippi
: James and Thomas Duff, diversified, $1.2 billion each
Missouri
: Pauline MacMillan Keinath, Cargill, $7.2 billion
Montana
: Dennis Washington, construction and mining, $5.9 billion
Nebraska
: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, $85 billion
Nevada
: Sheldon Adelson, casinos, $42.8 billion
New Hampshire
: Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli, consumer goods, $1.1 billion
New Jersey
: John Overdeck, hedge funds, $5.5 billion
New Mexico
: Mack C. Chase, oil, $700 million
New York
: David Koch, Koch Industries, $51.5 billion
North Carolina
: James Goodnight, software, $9.9 billion
North Dakota
: Gary Tharaldson, hotels, $900 million
Ohio
: Les Wexner & family, retail, $5.4 billion
Oklahoma
: Harold Hamm & family, oil and gas, $19.5 billion
Oregon
: Phil Knight & family, Nike, $30.7 billion
Pennsylvania
: Victoria Mars, candy and pet food, $6 billion
Rhode Island
: Jonathan Nelson, private equity, $1.8 billion
South Carolina
: Anita Zucker, chemicals, $2.5 billion
South Dakota
: T. Denny Sanford, banking and credit cards, $2.5 billion
Tennessee
: Thomas Frist Jr & family, hospitals, $9.7 billion
Texas
: Alice Walton, Walmart, $40 billion
Utah
: Gail Miller, Utah Jazz and car dealers, $1.4 billion
Vermont
: John Abele, healthcare, $630 million
Virginia
: Jacqueline Mars, candy and pet food, $23.8 billion
Washington
: Jeff Bezos, Amazon, $132 billion
West Virginia
: Jim Justice II, coal, $1.9 billion
Wisconsin
: John Menard Jr, home improvement, $10.5 billion
Wyoming:
John Mars, candy and pet food, $23.8 billion
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