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Aug 28, 2022 · There are eight different women that hold the title of richest billionaire in their state. Tamara Gustavson is Public Storage’s largest shareholder, with an 11% stake in the company, valued at $60 billion on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Aug 30, 2023 · Nearly every state is home to at least one billionaire, some far wealthier than others, like Nebraska’s Warren Buffett ($117 billion), compared to Alabama’s Jimmy Rane ($1.2 billion). Some new states, which gained billionaires this year include Alabama, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
- J.B. Pritzker (Illinois) Net Worth: 3.6 billion. Before he became governor of Illinois in January of 2019, Pritzker ran the popular non-profit business incubator 1871 in Chicago.
- Doug Burgum (North Dakota) Net Worth: $1.1 billion. Burgum made a name for himself in the tech industry by leading Great Plains Software from a small start-up in 1983 to a well-known software company to later get purchased by Microsoft in 2001.
- Glenn Youngkin (Virginia) Net Worth: $470 million. When he was a young man, Youngkin got a job and helped raise money for the household after his father lost his.
- Jim Justice (West Virginia) Net Worth: $450 million. Aside from his governorship, Justice has had a slew of business ventures throughout his life. Not only was he the CEO and president of 102 different companies, but he also saved his father's coal mine business from its new owners' neglect in 2015 and started Justice Family Farms in 1977, which farms more than 50,000 acres of corn, wheat, and soybeans.
Jun 26, 2019 · Jimmy Rane. Net worth: $900 million. Age: 72. Source of wealth: lumber. Residence: Abbeville, Alabama. Rane is the founder and CEO of Great Southern Wood Preserving, which makes decks, fences...
- Here’s the richest billionaire in every U.S. state
- Arizona: Ernest Garcia II. City: Tempe. Net worth: $8.6 billion. Rank: 246. Source of wealth: Used cars. Garcia’s fortune stems from Carvana, the online used-car and auto loan platform started by his son, fellow Arizona billionaire Ernest Garcia III, in 2012.
- Arkansas: Jim Walton. City: Bentonville. Net worth: $66.2 billion. Rank: 16. Source of wealth: Walmart. The youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, he chairs the family’s $27 billion (assets) Arvest Bank.
- California: Larry Page. City: Palo Alto. Net worth: $111 billion. Rank: 6. Source of wealth: Technology. From one tech billionaire to another, the Google cofounder took over the title of California’s richest person from Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.
May 15, 2015 · Jim is worth around $1.7 billion dollars and has been tied to over 50 different companies and organizations where he has served as either the president or the CEO. Still, he has made the vast amount of his fortune from the coal industry, where he inherited his fathers business after he passed away.
Sep 14, 2020 · Hawaii: Jim Kennedy • 2020 estimated worth: $9.3 billion. Though he made his fortune from his family's Atlanta-based telecom company Cox Enterprises, Jim Kennedy spent his childhood in Hawaii.
