{"id":83394,"date":"2025-05-08T02:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83394\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T02:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:02:11","slug":"500-billionaires-in-4-states-while-3-have-none-americas-shocking-wealth-divide-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83394\/","title":{"rendered":"500 billionaires in 4 states while 3 have none- America&#8217;s shocking wealth divide revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Out of 902 of the United States&#8217; billionaires, 528 live in four states &#8211; California (194), New York (137), Florida (116) and Texas (81). Ten states have one billionaire each and three states (Alaska, Delaware and West Virginia) have none, a recent Forbes list revealed. The group of these entrepreneurs, investors and heirs are worth a staggering $2 trillion combined.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/richest_list_1746665184465_1746665184715.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are the richest individuals in their respective states(AFP)\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are the richest individuals in their respective states(AFP)\"\/>   Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are the richest individuals in their respective states(AFP)    <\/p>\n<p>At top of the list, the richest person in Texas, is Elon Musk who is worth over $383.2 billion. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($206 billion) leads the charts in Florida and Facebook&#8217;s Mark Zuckerberg ($189 billion) is the richest person in California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/starbase-in-texas-is-a-real-city-says-elon-musk-after-winning-key-vote-spacex-site-boca-chica-bay-101746329117313.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Starbase in Texas is a &#039;real city\u2019, says Elon Musk after winning key vote\" rel=\"noopener\">Starbase in Texas is a &#8216;real city\u2019, says Elon Musk after winning key vote<\/a><\/p>\n<p> These four states have the most billionaires<\/p>\n<p><strong>California:<\/strong> Home to 194 billionaires, including tech moguls like Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York:<\/strong> Boasts 137 billionaires, with Michael Bloomberg leading the pack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida:<\/strong> Hosts 116 billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, who relocated from Washington to Miami.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas:<\/strong> Counts 81 billionaires, with Elon Musk topping both state and global wealth rankings.<\/p>\n<p>10 American states have only one billionaire to show, Forbes revealed. They are: Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> States without billionaires<\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast, Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia lack any billionaire residents. Alaska&#8217;s wealthiest individuals, Jonathan Rubini and Leonard Hyde, each possess a net worth of $400 million, making them the least wealthy among the richest in each state.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/us-news\/donald-trump-takes-brutal-jibe-at-elon-musk-hated-me-first-now-kissing-my-101746281025412.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Trump takes shocking jibe at Elon Musk, stunned netizens say \u2018This guy has no decency\u2019\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump takes shocking jibe at Elon Musk, stunned netizens say \u2018This guy has no decency\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Notable state leaders<\/p>\n<p>Some prominent figures leading their respective states include:<\/p>\n<p>Texas: Elon Musk \u2014 $388 billion<\/p>\n<p>Florida: Jeff Bezos \u2014 $206 billion<\/p>\n<p>California: Mark Zuckerberg \u2014 $189 billion<\/p>\n<p>New York: Michael Bloomberg \u2014 $105 billion<\/p>\n<p>Michigan: Dan Gilbert \u2014 $23.7 billion<\/p>\n<p>Illinois: Lukas Walton \u2014 $39 billion<\/p>\n<p> Here is a list of the richest person in each state   <\/p>\n<tr>StateNameNet WorthSource of Wealth<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alabama<\/td>\n<td>Jimmy Rane<\/td>\n<td>$1.5B<\/td>\n<td>Lumber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alaska<\/td>\n<td>Jonathan Rubini &amp; Leonard Hyde<\/td>\n<td>$400M each<\/td>\n<td>Real Estate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arizona<\/td>\n<td>Ernest Garcia II<\/td>\n<td>$17.3B<\/td>\n<td>Carvana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arkansas<\/td>\n<td>Rob Walton<\/td>\n<td>$113B<\/td>\n<td>Walmart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>California<\/td>\n<td>Mark Zuckerberg<\/td>\n<td>$189B<\/td>\n<td>Facebook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Colorado<\/td>\n<td>Philip Anschutz<\/td>\n<td>$16.9B<\/td>\n<td>Investments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Connecticut<\/td>\n<td>Steve Cohen<\/td>\n<td>$21.3B<\/td>\n<td>Hedge Funds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Delaware<\/td>\n<td>Elizabeth Snyder<\/td>\n<td>$800M<\/td>\n<td>Chemicals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Florida<\/td>\n<td>Jeff Bezos<\/td>\n<td>$206B<\/td>\n<td>Amazon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Georgia<\/td>\n<td>Bubba, Dan &amp; Trudy Cathy<\/td>\n<td>$10.7B each<\/td>\n<td>Chick-fil-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hawaii<\/td>\n<td>Pierre Omidyar<\/td>\n<td>$10B<\/td>\n<td>eBay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Idaho<\/td>\n<td>Frank VanderSloot<\/td>\n<td>$3.2B<\/td>\n<td>Wellness Products<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Illinois<\/td>\n<td>Lukas Walton<\/td>\n<td>$39B<\/td>\n<td>Walmart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indiana<\/td>\n<td>Carl Cook<\/td>\n<td>$11.1B<\/td>\n<td>Medical Devices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iowa<\/td>\n<td>Harry Stine<\/td>\n<td>$6.9B<\/td>\n<td>Agriculture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kansas<\/td>\n<td>Charles Koch<\/td>\n<td>$60B<\/td>\n<td>Koch Industries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kentucky<\/td>\n<td>Tamara Gustavson<\/td>\n<td>$8.5B<\/td>\n<td>Self-Storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Louisiana<\/td>\n<td>Gayle Benson<\/td>\n<td>$3.8B<\/td>\n<td>Sports Teams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maine<\/td>\n<td>Susan Alfond<\/td>\n<td>$2.8B<\/td>\n<td>Shoes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maryland<\/td>\n<td>Stephen Bisciotti<\/td>\n<td>$5.9B<\/td>\n<td>Staffing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Massachusetts<\/td>\n<td>Abigail Johnson<\/td>\n<td>$25.5B<\/td>\n<td>Fidelity Investments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Michigan<\/td>\n<td>Dan Gilbert<\/td>\n<td>$23.7B<\/td>\n<td>Quicken Loans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<td>Glen Taylor<\/td>\n<td>$2.9B<\/td>\n<td>Printing, Sports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mississippi<\/td>\n<td>James &amp; Thomas Duff<\/td>\n<td>$3B each<\/td>\n<td>Diversified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Missouri<\/td>\n<td>Pauline MacMillan Keinath<\/td>\n<td>$8.8B<\/td>\n<td>Cargill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montana<\/td>\n<td>Dennis Washington<\/td>\n<td>$7B<\/td>\n<td>Industrial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nebraska<\/td>\n<td>Warren Buffett<\/td>\n<td>$121B<\/td>\n<td>Berkshire Hathaway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nevada<\/td>\n<td>Miriam Adelson<\/td>\n<td>$32.8B<\/td>\n<td>Casinos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Hampshire<\/td>\n<td>Rick Cohen<\/td>\n<td>$16.2B<\/td>\n<td>Wholesale Grocers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Jersey<\/td>\n<td>John Overdeck<\/td>\n<td>$7.4B<\/td>\n<td>Hedge Funds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Mexico<\/td>\n<td>Mack Chase<\/td>\n<td>$1B<\/td>\n<td>Oil &amp; Gas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New York<\/td>\n<td>Michael Bloomberg<\/td>\n<td>$105B<\/td>\n<td>Bloomberg LP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Carolina<\/td>\n<td>James Goodnight<\/td>\n<td>$8.5B<\/td>\n<td>Software<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Dakota<\/td>\n<td>Gary Tharaldson<\/td>\n<td>$1B<\/td>\n<td>Hotels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ohio<\/td>\n<td>Les Wexner<\/td>\n<td>$6B<\/td>\n<td>Retail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oklahoma<\/td>\n<td>Harold Hamm<\/td>\n<td>$25.2B<\/td>\n<td>Oil &amp; Gas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oregon<\/td>\n<td>Phil Knight<\/td>\n<td>$39.5B<\/td>\n<td>Nike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<td>Jeff Yass<\/td>\n<td>$28.9B<\/td>\n<td>Trading<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rhode Island<\/td>\n<td>Jonathan Nelson<\/td>\n<td>$3.4B<\/td>\n<td>Private Equity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Carolina<\/td>\n<td>Robert Faith<\/td>\n<td>$5.8B<\/td>\n<td>Real Estate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Dakota<\/td>\n<td>T. Denny Sanford<\/td>\n<td>$2.4B<\/td>\n<td>Banking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tennessee<\/td>\n<td>Thomas Frist Jr.<\/td>\n<td>$22.6B<\/td>\n<td>Healthcare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Texas<\/td>\n<td>Elon Musk<\/td>\n<td>$388B<\/td>\n<td>Tesla, SpaceX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Utah<\/td>\n<td>Gail Miller<\/td>\n<td>$3.9B<\/td>\n<td>Automotive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vermont<\/td>\n<td>John Abele<\/td>\n<td>$640M<\/td>\n<td>Medical Devices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Virginia<\/td>\n<td>Jacqueline Mars<\/td>\n<td>$38.9B<\/td>\n<td>Mars Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Washington<\/td>\n<td>Jeff Bezos<\/td>\n<td>$206B<\/td>\n<td>Amazon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Virginia<\/td>\n<td>Jim Justice<\/td>\n<td>$1.2B<\/td>\n<td>Coal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wisconsin<\/td>\n<td>John Menard Jr.<\/td>\n<td>$22.5B<\/td>\n<td>Home Improvement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wyoming<\/td>\n<td>John Mars<\/td>\n<td>$38.9B<\/td>\n<td>Mars Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Out of 902 of the United States&#8217; billionaires, 528 live in four states &#8211; California (194), New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[2380,295,597,40239,49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-83394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-billionaires","9":"tag-elon-musk","10":"tag-mark-zuckerberg","11":"tag-richest-list","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114469755147179886","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}