Alabama: Marguerite Harber
Heiress to construction magnate
Net worth: $1 billion
Alaska: Robert Gillam
CEO of McKinley Capital Management
Net worth: $700 million
Arizona: Bruce Halle
Founder of Discount Tire
Net worth: $4.8 billion
Arkansas: Jim Walton
Heir to Wal-mart fortune
Net worth: $35.7 billion
California: Larry Ellison
Co-founder and CEO of Oracle, a software company
Net worth: $49.4 billion
Colorado: Charles Ergen
CEO of EchoStar
Net worth: $10.6 billion
Connecticut: Ray Dalio
Founder of Bridgewater Associates
Net worth: $14.4 billion
Delaware: Robert Gore
Inventor of Gore-Tex
Net worth: $830 million
Florida: Charles Johnson
Chairman of Franklin Resources
Net worth: $8.1 billion
Georgia: Anne Cox Chambers
Media proprietor
Net worth: $16.1 billion
Hawaii: Pierre Omidyar
Founder of Ebay
Net worth: $7.9 billion
Idaho: Frank VanderSloot
Rancher and radio network owner
Net worth: $1.2 billion
Illinois: Ken Griffin, right
CEO of Citadel Investment Group
Net worth: $5.5 billion
Indiana: Gayle Cook
Owner of Cook Group, a medical device company
Net worth: $6 billion
Iowa: Harry Stine
Founder of the Stine Seed Group
Net worth: $3.1 billion
Kansas: Charles Koch
Co-owner of Koch Industries
Net worth: $41.4 billion
Kentucky: Bradley Hughes
Chairman of Public Storage
Net worth: $2.3 billion
Louisiana: Tom Benson
Owner of New Orleans Saints
Net worth: $1.5 billion
Maine: Leon Gorman
Owner of L.L. Bean
Net worth: $860 million
Mississippi: Leslie Lampton
Founder of Ergon, Inc., an oil refinery business
Net worth: $2.4 billion
Maryland: Ted Lerner
Owner of Washington Nationals
Net worth: $4.6 billion
Massachusetts: Abigail Johnson
CEO of Fidelity Investments
Net worth: $18.2 billion
Michigan: Hank and Doug Meijer
Owners of Meijer grocery chain
Net worth: $7.9 billion
Minnesota: Whitney MacMillan
Chairman of Cargill, a food conglomerate
Net worth: $5.3 billion
Missouri: Jack Taylor
Founder of Enterprise rent-a-car
Net worth: $13.5 billion
Montana: Dennis Washington
Owner of Washington Companies
Net worth: $6.1 billion
Nebraska: Warren Buffet
Founder of Berkshire Hathaway, investment company
Net worth: $63.1 billion
Nevada: Sheldon Adelson
Owner of Las Vegas Sands
Net worth: $35.7 billion
New Hampshire: Rick Cohen
CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers
Net worth: $11.2 billion
New Jersey: David Tepper
President of Appaloosa Management
Net worth: $10 billion
New Mexico: The Maloof Brothers
Owners of Coors beer
Net worth: $1 billion
New York: David Koch
Co-Founder of Koch Industries
Net worth: $41.4 billion
North Carolina: James Goodnight
CEO of SAS
Net worth: $8.1 billion
North Dakota: Gary Tharaldson
Owner of Tharaldson Hospitality, a hotelier chain that owns Super 8 motels.
Net worth: $900 million
Ohio: Leslie Wexner
Net worth: $5.7
CEO of Limited Brands, parent company of Victoria's Secret.
Oklahoma: Harold Hamm
Oilman
Net worth: $19.7 billion
Oregon: Phil Knight
Founder of Nike
Net worth: $19 billion
Pennsylvania: Mary Alice Malone
Majority shareholder for Campbell's Soup
Net worth: $3 billion
Rhode Island: Jonathan Nelson
Chief Executive Officer of Providence Equity Partners
Net worth: $1.8 billion
South Carolina: Anita Zucker, South Carolina,
Governor of Hudson's Bay Company
Net worth: $2.7 billion
South Dakota: T. Denny Sandford
CEO of United National Corporation
Net worth: $1.3 billion
Tennessee: Thomas Frist
Principal at Frist Capital Partners
New worth: $6.9 billion
Texas: Alice Walton
Heir to Wal-mart fortune
Net worth: $35.3 billion
Utah: Jon M. Huntsman
Founder and chairman of the Huntsman Corp.
New worth: $1.2 billion
Vermont: John Abele
Director of Boston Scientific, a medical company
Net worth: $3.3 billion
Virginia: Jacqueline Mars
Heir to American candy company Mars
Net worth: $20 billion
Washington State: Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft
Net worth: $80 billion
Net worth: $80 billion
West Virginia: Jim Justice
Owner of the Greenbrier Resort
Net worth: $1.6 billion
Wisconsin: John Menard
Owner of Menards
Net worth: $7.7 billion
Wyoming: Christy Walton
Heir to Wal-mart fortune
Net worth: $37.9 billion
(List via the San Francisco Chronicle)
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