*Data compiled by Forbes, April 29, 2015.
| State | Name | Net Worth | Origin of Wealth | |
| Alabama |  | Garry Drummond | $980 M | Drummond Company Inc. - Coal |
| Alaska |  | Robert Gillam | $320 M | McKinley Capital Management LLC – Money management |
| Arizona |  | Bruce Halle | $6 B | Discount Tire Co. Inc. - Tires |
| Arkansas |  | Jim Walton | $37.6 B | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) – Retail |
| California |  | Larry Ellison | $52.8 B | Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) – Computer technology |
| Colorado |  | Charles Ergen | $18.2 B | Dish Network Corp. (Nasdaq:DISH) – Satellite television provider |
| Connecticut |  | Ray Dalio | $15.4 B | Bridgewater Associates – Hedge funds CLICK READ MORE FOR FULL LIST |
| Delaware | | Robert Gore | $675 M | L. Gore & Associates Inc. -Gore-Tex |
| Delaware | | Elizabeth Snyder | $675 M | L. Gore & Associates Inc. -Gore-Tex |
| Florida |  | Micky Arison | $7.4 B | Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) – Cruises |
| Georgia |  | Anne Cox Chambers | $17 B | Cox Enterprises – Media |
| Hawaii |  | Pierre Omidyar | $8.1 B | eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) – Online auctioneer |
| Idaho | | Scott Simplot | $2.3 B | J.R. Simplot Co. – Frozen French fries and fertilizer |
| Illinois |  | Ken Griffin | $6.6 B | Citadel LLC – Hedge funds |
| Indiana |  | Carl Cook | $6.7 B | Cook Group – Medical devices |
| Iowa |  | Harry Stine | $3.4 B | Stine Seed - Agriculture |
| Kansas |  | Charles Koch | $42.7 B | Koch Industries Inc. - Diversified |
| Kentucky |  | Wayne Hughes | $2.5 B | Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) – Storage |
| Louisiana |  | Tom Benson | $1.9 B | Owner, New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans |
| Maine | | Bill Alfond | $1.2 B | Dexter Shoe Co. - Shoes |
| Maine | | Susan Alfond | $1.2 B | Dexter Shoe Co. - Shoes |
| Maryland |  | Ted Lerner | $5 B | Lerner Enterprises - Real estate; Owner, Washington Nationals |
| Massachusetts |  | Abigail Johnson | $13.4 B | Fidelity Investments - Money management |
| Michigan |  | Hank & Doug Meijer | $10.1 B | Meijer Inc. - Supermarkets |
| Minnesota |  | Whitney MacMillan | $4.7 B | Cargill Inc. - Agriculture |
| Mississippi | | Leslie Lampton | $1 B | Ergon Inc. - Oil refining, chemicals |
| Missouri |  | Jack Taylor | $12.7 B | Enterprise Holdings Inc. -Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| Montana |  | Dennis Washington | $5.8 B | Washington Companies - Construction, mining |
| Nebraska |  | Warren Buffett | $70.2 B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc.(NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) – Multinational conglomerate |
| Nevada |  | Sheldon Adelson | $29.7 B | Las Vegas Sands Corp.(NYSE: LVS) – Casinos |
| New Hampshire | | Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli | $1 B | JAB Holding Co. - Consumer goods |
| New Jersey |  | David Tepper | $10.4 B | Appaloosa Management - Hedge funds |
| New Mexico | | Mack C. Chase | $650 M | Mack Energy Corp. - Oil |
| New York |  | David Koch | $42.7 B | Koch Industries Inc. - Diversified |
| North Carolina |  | James Goodnight | $7.5 B | SAS Institute - Software |
| North Dakota |  | Gary Tharaldson | $930 M | Tharaldson Motels Inc. - Hotels |
| Ohio |  | Leslie "Les" Wexner | $7.5 B | L Brands Inc. (NYSE: LB) – Retail (The Limited, Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, and more) |
| Oklahoma |  | Harold Hamm | $13.3 B | Continental Resources Inc.(NYSE: CLR) – Oil & gas |
| Oregon |  | Phil Knight | $22.9 B | Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) – Athletic apparel |
| Pennsylvania | | Mary Alice Dorrance Malone | $3.2 B | Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE:CPB) – Food |
| Rhode Island |  | Jonathan Nelson | $2.1 B | Providence Equity Partners Inc. - Private equity |
| South Carolina | | Anita Zucker | $2.2 B | Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) - Retail (Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, and more.) |
| South Dakota |  | Denny Sanford | $1.4 B | United National Corp. - Banking, credit cards |
| Tennessee |  | Thomas Frist, Jr. | $8.2 B | Hospital Corporation of America - Healthcare |
| Texas |  | Alice Walton | $36.4 B | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. – Retail |
| Utah |  | Jon Huntsman | $1.1 B | Huntsman Corp. (NYSE:HUN) – Chemicals |
| Vermont |  | John Abele | $600 M | Boston Scientific Corp.(NYSE: BSX) – Medical devices |
| Virginia |  | Jacqueline Mars | $26.8 B | Mars Inc. - Candy |
| Washington |  | Bill Gates | $78.8 B | Microsoft Corp. - Computer technology |
| West Virginia |  | Jim Justice, II | $1.7 B | Justice Companies Inc. - Coal; Greenbrier Resort |
| Wisconsin |  | John Menard, Jr. | $9.1 B | Menard Inc. - Home retail |
| Wyoming |  | Christy Walton | $39.1 B | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. – Retail |
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