Wealthiest Individual in Each U.S. State

WEALTHIEST INDIVIDUAL IN EACH U.S. STATE

NAME STATE ESTIMATED NET WORTH (US $ Billion)

Bill Gates Washington 81.5

Warren Buffett Nebraska 66.9 Lawrence Ellison California 47.3 David Koch Kansas 42.0 Christy Walton Arkansas 37.9 Michael R. Bloomberg New York 33.7 Sheldon Adelson Nevada 29.0 Forrest Mars, Jr. Virginia 25.9 Phil Knight Oregon 19.0 Michael Dell Texas 17.9 Harold Hamm Oklahoma 17.6 Charles Ergen Colorado 16.7 Abigail Johnson Massachusetts 16.2 Raymond Dalio Connecticut 14.3 Anne Cox Chambers Georgia 12.1 James Goodnight North Carolina 11.1 Richard Cohen New Hampshire 10.1 David Tepper New Jersey 10.0 John Menard, Jr. Wisconsin 9.2 Jack C. Taylor Missouri 7.4 Micky Arison Florida 6.5 Kenneth Dart Michigan 5.8 Dennis Washington Montana 5.8 Kenneth C. Griffin Illinois 5.3 Gayle Cook Indiana 5.1 Leslie Wexner Ohio 5.1 Bruce Halle, Sr. Arizona 4.7 Thomas Frist, Jr. Tennessee 4.3 Whitney MacMillan Minnesota 3.8 Theodore Lerner Maryland 3.7 Anita Zucker South Carolina 2.7

Brad M. Kelley Kentucky 2.0 Marguerite Harbert Alabama 1.8 John S. Middleton Pennsylvania 1.8 Jonathan Nelson Rhode Island 1.6 Robert Stiller Vermont 1.6 James C. Justice II West Virginia 1.6 Thomas Benson Louisiana 1.5 Dennis Albaugh Iowa 1.4 Frank Vandersloot Idaho 1.2 Gary Tharaldson North Dakota 1.0 Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. Utah .95 Mack C. Chase New Mexico .91 David H. Nutt Mississippi .88 Leon Gorman Maine .84 Robert Gore Delaware .83 Jay Shidler Hawaii .70 T. Denny Sanford South Dakota .58 Robert Gillam Alaska .48 Jonathan Ledecky Wyoming .34

VALUATION METHODOLOGY

Wealth-X Research uses a proprietary valuation model to assess all asset holdings including privately and publicly held businesses and investible assets to develop our net worth valuation.

Wealth-X uses the primary business address as the determinant of an individual’s location.