Here's a list of the richest person in each state, as compiled by Wealth-X.
WASHINGTON
1.
Bill Gates: $64.5 billion
Microsoft chairman, co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
NEBRASKA
2.
Warren Buffett: $49.6 billion
Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
CALIFORNIA
3.
Lawrence Ellison: $41.1 billion
CEO of Oracle Corp.
ARKANSAS
4.
James Walton: $33.6 billion
Chairman of Arvest Bank, son of Walmart founder, Sam Walton
KANSAS
5.
David Koch: $32.1 billion
Vice-chairman of Koch Industries
NEW YORK
6.
Michael Bloomberg: $24.8 billion
New York City Mayor and owner of Bloomberg LP
NEVADA
7.
Sheldon Adelson: $20.2 billion
Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands
VIRGINIA
8.
Forrest Mars, Jr.: $17 billion
Part-owner of Mars candy company and grandson of the late Frank C. Mars
TEXAS
9.
Michael Dell: $14 billion
CEO of Dell Inc.
OREGON
10.
Philip Knight: $13 billion
Chairman of Nike Inc.
MASSACHUSETTS
11.
Abigail Johnson: $11.9 billion
President, Fidelity Financial Services
GEORGIA
12.
Anne Cox Chambers: $11.2 billion
Member of Cox Enterprises' board of directors, chairwoman of Atlanta Newspapers
CONNECTICUT
13.
Raymond Dalio: $10 billion
Founder of Bridgewater Associates LP
OKLAHOMA
14.
George Kaiser: $10 billion
Chairman of BOK Financial
COLORADO
15.
Charles Ergen: $8.3 billion
Founder and chairman of DISH Network
PENNSYLVANIA
16.
Hansjorg Wyss: $7.7 billion
Chairman of Swiss medical device manufacturer Synthes Holding AG
NORTH CAROLINA
17.
James Goodnight: $7.4 billion
CEO of SAS Institute
WISCONSIN
18.
John Menard, Jr.: $6 billion
Founder and owner of home-improvement retailer Menard Inc.
NEW JERSEY
19.
David Tepper: $5.2 billion
President and founder of Appaloosa Management
MICHIGAN
20.
Richard DeVos Sr.: $5.1 billion
Co-founder of Amway and owner of the Orlando Magic
MONTANA
21.
Dennis Washington: $5 billion
Founder of The Washington Companies and co-founder of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
OHIO
22.
Leslie Wexner: $4.5 billion
Chairman and CEO of Limited Brands
ARIZONA
23.
Bruce Halle Sr.: $4 billion
Founder of Discount Tires
FLORIDA
24.
Joseph Lewis: $3.9 billion
Founder of Tavistock Group and owner of Tottenham Hotspur soccer team in England
ILLINOIS
25.
Samuel Zell: $3.9 billion
Founder of Equity Residential
MARYLAND
26.
Theodore Lerner: $3.9 billion
Founder of real estate firm Lerner Enterprises
MINNESOTA
27.
Pauline Keinath: $3.7 billion
Part-owner of Cargill Inc. and great-granddaughter of founder W. W. Cargill
INDIANA
28.
Gayle Cook: $3.4 billion
Member of board of directors of medical device firm Cook Group
TENNESSEE
29.
Thomas Frist, Jr.: $3 billion
Founder of HCA, the Hospital Corporation of America
UTAH
30.
Robert Earl Holding: $2.7 billion
Owner of Sinclair Oil
MISSISSIPPI
31.
Leslie Lampton: $2.4 billion
Founder of Ergon Inc.
SOUTH CAROLINA
32.
Anita Zucker: $2.2 billion
Chairwoman and CEO of chemical manufacturer InterTech Group
RHODE ISLAND
33.
Jonathan Nelson: $1.6 billion
CEO of Providence Equity Partners
MISSOURI
34.
Christopher Cline: $1.5 billion
Founder of Foresight Energy
WEST VIRGINIA
35.
James Justice II: $1.5 billion
Owner of the coal mining Justice Companies
ALABAMA
36.
Marguerite Harbert: $1.4 billion
Widow of the late construction and energy mogul, John Murdoch Harbert III
LOUISIANA
37.
Thomas Benson: $1.3 billion
Owner of New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Hornets
SOUTH DAKOTA
38.
T. Denny Sanford: $1.3 billion
IDAHO
39.
Frank VanderSloot: $1.2 billion
CEO of Melaleuca
KENTUCKY
40.
Bradley Wayne Hughes: $1.1 billion
Founder of Public Storage
IOWA
41.
Dennis Albaugh: $1 billion
Founder of Albaugh Inc.
NORTH DAKOTA
42.
Gary Tharaldson: $900 million
Founder of the Tharaldson Companies
MAINE
43.
Leon Gorman: $860 million
Chairman of L.L. Bean
DELAWARE
44.
Robert Gore: $830 million
Founder of materials and manufacturing company W.L. Gore & Associates
NEW MEXICO
45.
Peyton Yates, Jr.: $760 million
President of Yates Petroleum Corp.
ALASKA
46.
Robert Gillam: $690 million
President and CEO of McKinley Capital Management LLC
HAWAII
47.
Jay Shidler: $680 million
Founder of the real estate company The Shidler Group
NEW HAMPSHIRE
48.
Martin Trust: $600 million
President of Brandot International, formerly president and CEO of MAST Industries
VERMONT
49.
Robert Stiller: $580 million
Founder of Green Mountain Coffee
WYOMING
50.
John Martin: $210 million
Chairman and CEO of Gilead Sciences
