These Are Richest People In Every US State

From tech moguls to retail tycoons, the richest person in each U.S. state reflects the industries driving wealth across the country.

Some are household names, while others have built quiet fortunes in their home states.

This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu,shows the richest person in U.S. every state and their estimated net worth, as ranked by Forbes.

Net worths are calculated as of April 25, 2025.

Who is the Richest Person in Every State?

Below, we show the richest person in each U.S. state, their estimated net worth, city of residence, and industry.

Name
State
Estimated Net Worth (Billions)
Age
City
Industry/Company
Elon Musk
Texas
$388.0
53
Austin
Tesla, SpaceX
Jeff Bezos
Florida
$206.0
61
Miami
Amazon
Mark Zuckerberg
California
$189.0
40
Palo Alto
Facebook
Warren Buffett
Nebraska
$165.0
94
Omaha
Berkshire Hathaway
Steve Ballmer
Washington
$118.0
69
Hunts Point
Microsoft
Rob Walton & Family
Arkansas
$113.0
80
Bentonville
Walmart
Michael Bloomberg
New York
$105.0
83
New York
Bloomberg LP
Charles Koch & family
Kansas
$67.5
89
Wichita
Koch, Inc.
Jeff Yass
Pennsylvania
$59.0
66
Haverford
Trading, investments
Lukas Walton
Illinois
$39.0
38
Chicago
Walmart
Jacqueline Mars
Virginia
$39.0
85
The Plains
Candy, pet food
John Mars
Wyoming
$39.0
89
Jackson
Candy, pet food
Abigail Johnson
Massachusetts
$31.5
63
Milton
Fidelity
Phil Knight & family
Oregon
$29.0
87
Hillsboro
Nike
Miriam Adelson & family
Nevada
$28.6
79
Las Vegas
Casinos
Thomas Frist Jr & family
Tennessee
$26.8
86
Nashville
Hospitals
Daniel Gilbert
Michigan
$23.7
63
Franklin
Rocket Mortgage
Diane Hendricks
Wisconsin
$21.9
78
Afton
Building supplies
Steve Cohen
Connecticut
$21.3
68
Greenwich
Hedge funds
Harold Hamm & family
Oklahoma
$18.5
79
Oklahoma City
Oil & gas
Ernest Garcia II
Arizona
$17.3
67
Tempe
Used cars
Todd Graves
Louisiana
$17.2
53
Baton Rouge
Fast food
Philip Anschutz
Colorado
$16.9
85
Denver
Energy, sports, entertainment
Rick Cohen & family
New Hampshire
$11.5
72
Keene
Warehouse automation
David Steward
Missouri
$11.4
73
St. Louis
IT provider
Bubba Cathy, Dan Cathy, & Trudy Cathy White
Georgia
$10.7
71, 72 & 69
Atlanta, Atlanta, Hampton
Chick-fil-A
Harry Stine
Iowa
$10.2
83
Adel
Agriculture
Pierre Omidyar
Hawaii
$10.0
57
Honolulu
EBay, PayPal
Carl Cook
Indiana
$9.9
62
Bloomington
Medical devices
James Goodnight
North Carolina
$9.8
82
Cary
Software
Tamara Gustavson
Kentucky
$8.1
63
Lexington
Self storage
Les Wexner & family
Ohio
$7.8
87
New Albany
Retail
Dennis Washington
Montana
$7.4
90
Missoula
Construction, mining
John Overdeck
New Jersey
$7.4
55
Millburn
Hedge funds
Annette Lerner & family
Maryland
$5.5
95
Chevy Chase
Real estate
Robert Faith
South Carolina
$5.0
61
Charleston
Real estate management
Gail Miller
Utah
$4.4
81
Salt Lake City
Car dealerships
Susan Alfond
Maine
$3.7
79
Scarborough
Shoes
Jonathan Nelson
Rhode Island
$3.4
68
Providence
Private equity
Frank VanderSloot
Idaho
$3.2
76
Idaho Falls
Nutrition, wellness products
Thomas Duff & James Duff
Mississippi
$3.0
64 & 68
Hattiesburg
Tires, diversified
Glen Taylor
Minnesota
$2.9
84
Mankato
Printing
T. Denny Sanford
South Dakota
$2.1
89
Sioux Falls
Banking, credit cards
John Abele
Vermont
$2.0
88
Shelburne
Healthcare
Ron Corio
New Mexico
$1.7
63
Albuquerque
Solar
Jimmy Rane
Alabama
$1.5
78
Abbeville
Lumber
Gary Tharaldson
North Dakota
$1.2
79
Fargo
Hotels
Brad Smith
West Virginia
$0.9
61
Huntington
Intuit
Elizabeth Snyder
Delaware
$0.8
77
Wilmington
Gore-Tex
Jonathan Rubini & family
Alaska
$0.4
70
Anchorage
Real Estate
Leonard Hyde & family
Alaska
$0.4
68
Anchorage
Real estate

Elon Musk is the richest person in Texas, and the world, after moving to the Lone Star State from California in 2020. The Tesla CEO has an estimated net worth of about $338 billion.

Other high-profile business leaders who are the richest individuals of their respective state include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in California with an estimated net worth of $189 billion, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in Florida with $206 billion, and Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett in Nebraska with $165 billion.

Other notable tech leaders on the map include former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Washington with a net worth of $118 billion. He overtook his former boss, Bill Gates, after Forbes revised its estimate of the 2021 divorce settlement awarded to Gates’ ex-wife, Melinda French Gates.

In all but three states (Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia), the richest individual was at least a billionaire.

Brad Smith, the retired CEO of Intuit and current president of Marshall University of West Virginia is almost at the billionaire mark, with an estimated $900 million net worth.

To learn more about some of the richest areas of the U.S., check out this graphic that visualizes the top U.S. cities by number of centi-millionaire residents.