Chances of Becoming a Billionaire Based on Your State of Birth

Chances of Becoming a Billionaire Based on Your State of Birth

Despite the challenging times faced by the U.S, it remains the country with the largest number of billionaires in the World. According to Forbes, there are already more than 60 new additions to their 2023 Billionaires List, two of which are LeBron James and Tiger Woods.

The continued superiority of the United States prompted the team at SuperCasinoSites to look at the matter from an intriguing angle – the birthplaces of the richest people. It turns out that your chances of becoming a billionaire are the greatest if you were born in New York, as according to our study, it is the state with the highest billionaires per capita ratio.

The current report presents the geographical distribution of all U.S born self-made billionaires and displays the findings on a map.

Methodology

Forbes (life story and current net worth) and US Census Bureau (population figures) are the primary data sources used in this study. We calculated the quoted billionaire rates based on 100,000 residents, with the population figures current as of the last official census (July, 2022).

Since only self-made billionaires are the focus of our study, rich persons who owe their fortune to an inheritance, court decision, or any other circumstance beyond their control, have not been considered. Thus, after a careful sifting, out of the 724 U.S billionaires in Forbes real-time ranking, 422 remained for our analysis.

Top 10 States with the Highest Billionaire per Capita Ratio

While absolute numbers are easier to grasp, it is the ratio between billionaires and local citizens that more accurately represents the merit of a particular location. However, this has nothing to do with New York as it is the leader in terms of both the number of billionaires born there (76) and their per capita ratio (0.39 per 100,000 individuals). Just a few of the wealthy people that originate from New York state are Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Ralph Lauren, and Jay-Z.

It seems that the East Coast is a particularly productive region, since it is the home of the top 3 states with the highest billionaires-per-capita ratio. New York is followed by Massachusetts, which according to Forbes and other public resources is the birth state of 20 billionaires. Given that its population is nearly 7 million people, the billionaires per capita ratio amounts to 0.29 per 100,000 residents.

Only three of the current US billionaires were born in Rhode Island – Jay Paul ($4 billion), Brad Jacobs ($3.8 billion), and Jonathan Nelson ($3.1 billion). The state’s population is just above 1 million people, so the ratio was calculated at 0.27 per 100,000 individuals.

Missouri and Nebraska hold the fourth and fifth positions in our selection with nearly identical billionaires per capita ratios of 0.26 and 0.25 per 100,000 state residents. Just like Rhode Island, Nebraska is the birth state of only two billionaires, however. One of them, Warren Buffett, is the third-richest person in the U.S. His net worth as of July 18, 2023 is $106 billion.

The states occupying from 6th to 10th position in our ranking are Maryland, New Mexico, Montana, Illinois, and Oklahoma. Their billionaires per capita ratios are within the range of 0.19 – 0.17 billionaires per 100,000 citizens. Albuquerque, New Mexico is where Jeff Bezos, the richest American, was born. As of July 18, 2023, his net worth is estimated at $114 billion.

The Five Smallest US Localities Where a Billionaire Was Born

New York with 8,335,897 residents as per the latest official census (July, 2022) is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Logically, the city is the birthplace of the greatest number of billionaires in the country (54), with Jeff Yass ($28.5 billion), Ray Dalio ($19.1 billion), and Israel Englander ($11.3 billion) just to name a few.

However, our study proves that it is not at all mandatory to be born in a big city in order to have a chance of becoming a billionaire. A good example is Clarks, NE (344 residents) where Evan Williams (Ev) was born. Although he dropped out of the University of Nebraska, he managed to start the Blogger, Twitter, and Medium companies and currently has a net worth estimated at $1.8 billion. As for Clarks, its billionaire per capita ratio is 290.7 (on a 100,000 individuals basis).

The Nebraska village is not the only small U.S locality that has given birth to a billionaire. Comfrey, MN and Portage, OH are just a bit more populated with 392 and 399 residents, respectively. Comfrey is the birthplace of Glen Taylor ($2.6 billion) while Clayton Mathile ($2.3 billion) was born in Portage.

The fourth and fifth smallest U.S localities where a billionaire was born are Marshall, AR and Marks, MS. With a population of 1,328 and 1,444 individuals, respectively, each is the birthplace of one billionaire, which pushes the billionaires per capita ratio to 75.3 and 69.25 per 100,000 residents.

Raw Data

Name
Net Worth (Billion)
Age
Source
State
City

Jeff Bezos
$147.00
59
Amazon
New Mexico
Albuquerque

Larry Ellison
$132.60
78
Oracle
New York
New York

Bill Gates
$116.10
67
Microsoft
Washington
Seattle

Warren Buffett
$115.30
92
Berkshire Hathaway
Nebraska
Omaha

Larry Page
$105.80
50
Google
Michigan
Lansing

Steve Ballmer
$102.00
67
Microsoft
Michigan
Detroit

Michael Bloomberg
$94.50
81
Bloomberg LP
Massachusetts
Boston

Mark Zuckerberg
$93.10
39
Facebook
New York
White Plains

Michael Dell
$57.20
58
Dell Technologies
Texas
Houston

Phil Knight & family
$42.00
85
Nike
Oregon
Portland

Ken Griffin
$32.40
54
Hedge funds
Florida
Daytona Beach

Jeff Yass
$28.50
64
Trading, investments
New York
New York

Jim Simons
$28.10
85
Hedge funds
Massachusetts
Newton

Stephen Schwarzman
$28.00
76
Investments
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Thomas Frist Jr & family
$21.50
84
Hospitals
Tennessee
Nashville

Eric Schmidt
$20.50
68
Google
Virginia
Falls Church

Ray Dalio
$19.10
73
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Harold Hamm & family
$18.50
77
Oil & gas
Oklahoma
Lexington

David Tepper
$18.50
65
Hedge funds
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh

Daniel Gilbert
$17.60
61
Quicken Loans
Michigan
Detroit

John Menard Jr
$17.60
83
Home improvement stores
Wisconsin
Eau Claire

Steve Cohen
$17.50
66
Hedge funds
New York
Great Neck

Donald Bren
$17.40
91
Real estate
California
Los Angeles

Rick Cohen & family
$16.90
70
Warehouse automation
Massachusetts
Worcester

Diane Hendricks
$14.70
76
Building supplies
Wisconsin
Mondovi

David Green & family
$14.40
81
Retail
Kansas
Emporia

Laurene Powell Jobs & family
$13.30
59
Apple, Disney
New Jersey
West Milford

Jerry Jones
$13.10
80
Dallas Cowboys
California
Los Angeles

Stanley Kroenke
$12.90
75
Sports, real estate
Missouri
Columbia

George Kaiser
$12.90
80
Oil & gas, banking
Oklahoma
Tulsa

David Duffield
$11.90
82
Business software
Ohio
Cleveland

Stephen Ross
$11.60
83
Real estate
Michigan
Detroit

Dustin Moskovitz
$11.60
39
Facebook
Florida
Gainesville

Michael Rubin
$11.40
50
Online retail
Pennsylvania
Lafayette Hill

Israel Englander
$11.30
74
Hedge funds
New York
New York

John Doerr
$11.10
71
Venture capital
Missouri
St. Louis

Robert Kraft
$10.60
81
Manufacturing, New England Patriots
Massachusetts
Brookline

Autry Stephens
$10.00
85
Oil
Texas
DeLeon

Robert Pera
$9.90
45
Wireless networking
Missouri
St. Louis

Jeffery Hildebrand
$9.80
64
Oil
Texas
Houston

Henry Samueli
$9.50
68
Semiconductors
New York
Buffalo

Eric Smidt
$9.30
63
Hardware stores
California
Los Angeles

John Malone
$9.10
82
Cable television
Connecticut
Milford

Leon Black
$9.00
71
Private equity
New York
New York

James Goodnight
$9.00
80
Software
North Carolina
Salisbury

Robert F. Smith
$8.90
60
Private equity
Colorado
Denver

Andrew Beal
$8.70
70
Banks, real estate
Michigan
Lansing

Charles Schwab
$8.60
85
Discount brokerage
California
Sacramento

Patrick Ryan
$8.50
86
Insurance
Wisconsin
Milwaukee

Chase Coleman III
$8.50
47
Investments
New York
New York

Jack Dangermond
$8.50
77
Mapping software
California
Redlands

Brian Chesky
$8.40
41
Airbnb
New York
Niskayuna

Tilman Fertitta
$8.30
65
Houston Rockets, entertainment
Texas
Galveston

George Roberts
$8.30
79
Private equity
Texas
Houston

Henry Nicholas III
$8.20
63
Semiconductors
Ohio
Cincinnati

Bernard Marcus
$8.20
94
Home Depot
New Jersey
Newark

Marc Benioff
$8.20
58
Business software
California
San Francisco

John Morris
$8.10
75
Sporting goods retail
Missouri
Springfield

David Shaw
$7.90
72
Hedge funds
Illinois
Chicago

Reinhold Schmieding
$7.80
68
Medical devices
Michigan

David Geffen
$7.60
80
Movies, record labels
New York
New York

Arthur Blank
$7.60
80
Home Depot
New York
New York

Carl Icahn
$7.60
87
Investments
New York
New York

Henry Kravis
$7.60
79
Private equity
Oklahoma
Tulsa

Paul Tudor Jones II
$7.50
68
Hedge funds
Tennessee
Memphis

Nathan Blecharczyk
$7.30
39
Airbnb
Massachusetts
Boston

Don Vultaggio & family
$7.30
71
Beverages
New York
New York

Steven Rales
$7.20
72
Manufacturing, investments
Maryland
Bethesda

Don Hankey
$7.20
79
Auto loans
California
Los Angeles

Arthur Dantchik
$7.20
65
Trading, investments
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Jeff Greene
$7.20
68
Real estate, investments
Massachusetts
Worcester

Richard Kinder
$7.10
78
Pipelines
Missouri
Cape Girardeau

Joe Gebbia
$7.00
41
Airbnb
Georgia
Atlanta

Ralph Lauren
$7.00
83
Apparel
New York
New York

Jude Reyes
$7.00
67
Food distribution

Washington DC

J. Christopher Reyes
$7.00
69
Food distribution

Washington DC

Harry Stine
$6.90
81
Agriculture
Iowa
Adel

Judy Faulkner
$6.80
79
Healthcare software
New Jersey
Cherry Hill

David Siegel
$6.80
61
Hedge funds
Illinois
Chicago

John Overdeck
$6.80
53
Hedge funds
Maryland
Columbia

Terrence Pegula
$6.70
72
Natural gas
Pennsylvania
Carbondale

Bruce Kovner
$6.60
78
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Antony Ressler
$6.50
62
Finance

Washington DC

David Bonderman
$6.40
80
Private equity
California
Los Angeles

Stanley Druckenmiller
$6.40
69
Hedge funds
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh

Dennis Washington
$6.30
88
Construction, mining
Washington
Spokane

Stephen Bisciotti
$6.20
63
Staffing, Baltimore Ravens
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Ken Langone
$6.20
87
Investments
New York
Roslyn Heights

Ken Fisher
$6.20
72
Money management
California
San Francisco

John A. Sobrato & family
$6.20
84
Real estate
California
San Francisco

Josh Harris
$6.00
58
Private equity
Maryland
Chevy Chase

David Steward
$6.00
71
IT provider
Illinois
Chicago

Les Wexner & family
$6.00
85
Retail
Ohio
Dayton

Michael Milken
$6.00
76
Investments
California
Los Angeles

John Brown
$5.90
88
Medical equipment
Tennessee

Neil Bluhm
$5.80
85
Real estate
Illinois
Chicago

Ty Warner
$5.70
78
Plush toys, real estate
Illinois
Chicago

Robert Rowling
$5.50
69
Hotels, investments
Texas
Corpus Christi

Archie Aldis Emmerson & family
$5.50
94
Timberland, lumber mills
Oregon
Grand Ronde

Paul Singer
$5.50
78
Hedge funds
New Jersey
Teaneck

Lynda Resnick
$5.30
80
Agriculture
Maryland
Baltimore

Todd Boehly
$5.30
49
Finance
Maryland
Bethesda

Stewart Resnick
$5.30
86
Agriculture
New Jersey
Highland Park

Rick Caruso
$5.30
64
Real estate
California
Los Angeles

Robert Faith
$5.20
59
Real estate management
Oklahoma
Tulsa

Mark Walter
$5.10
63
Finance, asset management
Iowa
Cedar Rapids

Jonathan Gray
$5.10
53
Investments
Illinois
Highland Park

Mark Cuban
$5.10
64
Online media, Dallas Mavericks
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh

Sami Mnaymneh
$5.10
61
Private equity

Tony Tamer
$5.10
65
Private equity

Fred Smith
$5.00
78
FedEx
Mississippi
Marks

Robert Hale Jr
$5.00
56
Telecom
Massachusetts
North Andover

Tom Golisano
$5.00
81
Payroll services
New York
Rochester

Ron Baron
$4.90
80
Money management
New Jersey
Asbury Park

Kelcy Warren
$4.90
67
Pipelines
Texas
Gladewater

George Lucas
$4.90
79
Star Wars
California
Modesto

Dan Snyder
$4.90
58
Washington Commanders
Maryland
Silver Spring

Ronald Wanek
$4.90
82
Furniture
Minnesota
Winona

Thomas Secunda
$4.70
68
Bloomberg LP
New York
Bethpage

Marc Rowan
$4.70
60
Private equity
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Tim Sweeney
$4.70
52
Video games
Maryland
Potomac

Bert Beveridge
$4.70
61
Vodka
Texas
San Antonio

Arturo Moreno
$4.70
76
Billboards, Los Angeles Angels
Arizona
Tucson

Mark Stevens
$4.70
63
Venture capital
California

Russ Weiner
$4.60
53
Energy drinks
California
Larkspur

Joe Mansueto
$4.60
66
Investment research
Indiana
Munster

Barry Sternlicht
$4.60
62
Private equity
New York
New York

Joseph Liemandt
$4.50
54
Software
Texas
Austin

Herbert Wertheim
$4.50
84
Investments
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Jeffrey Lurie & family
$4.40
71
Philadelphia Eagles
Massachusetts
Boston

Jim Davis & family
$4.40
80
New Balance
Massachusetts
Brookline

Neal Blue & family
$4.40
88
Defense
Colorado
Meeker

John Sall
$4.40
75
Software
Illinois
Rockford

Charles Dolan & family
$4.30
96
Cable television
Ohio
Cleveland

Nick Caporella
$4.30
87
Beverages
Pennsylvania
Connellsville

Scott Cook
$4.30
70
Software
California
Glendale

Johnelle Hunt
$4.30
91
Trucking
Arkanzas
Heber Springs

Dan Kurzius
$4.20
51
Email marketing
New Mexico
Albuquerque

Ben Chestnut
$4.20
48
Email marketing
Georgia
Augusta

Eric Lefkofsky
$4.20
53
Groupon, investments
Michigan
Detroit

Gail Miller
$4.20
79
Car dealerships
Utah
Sandy

Donald Sterling
$4.10
89
Real estate
Illinois
Chicago

Jim Davis
$4.10
63
Staffing & recruiting
Maryland

Steven Spielberg
$4.00
76
Movies
Ohio
Cincinnati

Marian Ilitch
$4.00
90
Little Caesars Pizza
Michigan
Dearborn

Travis Kalanick
$4.00
46
Uber
California
Los Angeles

John Henry
$4.00
73
Sports
Illinois
Quincy

Jack Dorsey
$4.00
46
Twitter, Square
Missouri
St. Louis

Jay Paul
$4.00
75
Real estate
Rhode Island

Barry Diller
$3.90
81
Online media
California
San Francisco

Gabe Newell
$3.90
60
Videogames
Colorado

Reed Hastings
$3.80
62
Netflix
Massachusetts
Boston

Thomas Siebel
$3.80
70
Business software
Illionois
Chicago

Brad Jacobs
$3.80
66
Logistics
Rhode Island
Providence

Trevor Rees-Jones
$3.80
71
Oil & gas
Texas
University Park

Jeff T. Green
$3.80
46
Digital advertising

Hayes Barnard
$3.70
51
Fintech
Missouri
Creve Coeur

Howard Schultz
$3.70
69
Starbucks
New York
New York

Jim Kavanaugh
$3.70
60
IT provider
Missouri
St. Louis

Daniel Och
$3.70
62
Hedge funds
New Jersey
West Orange

Stephen Mandel Jr
$3.60
67
Hedge funds
Connecticut
Darien

Jerry Speyer
$3.60
82
Real estate
Wisconsin
Milwaukee

Richard Schulze
$3.60
82
Best Buy
Minnesota
Saint Paul

Jim Coulter
$3.50
63
Private equity
New York
Buffalo

William Ackman
$3.50
57
Hedge funds
New York
Chappaqua

Stephen Feinberg
$3.50
63
Private equity
New York
New York

Ira Rennert
$3.50
88
Investments
New York
New York

Scott Shleifer
$3.50
45
Private equity
Oregon
Portland

Peter Gassner
$3.50
58
Software
Oregon
Portland

Daniel Loeb
$3.50
61
Hedge funds
California
Santa Monica

Bob Parsons
$3.40
72
Web hosting
Maryland
Baltimore

Daniel D’Aniello
$3.40
76
Private equity
Pennsylvania
Butler

Steven Klinsky
$3.40
66
Investments
Michigan
Detroit

Amos Hostetter Jr
$3.40
86
Cable television
New Jersey
Millburn

Charles Zegar
$3.40
75
Bloomberg LP
New York
New York

James Clark
$3.40
79
Netscape, investments
Texas
Plainview

William Berkley
$3.40
76
Insurance
New Jersey

Phil Ruffin
$3.30
88
Casinos, real estate
Texas
Amarillo

John Arnold
$3.30
49
Hedge funds
Texas
Dallas

Ernest Garcia II
$3.30
66
Used cars
New Mexico
Gallup

Wesley Edens
$3.30
61
Investments
Montana
Helena

Jeffrey Talpins
$3.30
48
Hedge fund
New York
Larchmont

Donald Horton & family
$3.30
73
Homebuilding
Arkansas
Marshall

Herb Simon
$3.30
88
Real estate
New York
New York

Bill Austin
$3.30
81
Hearing aids
Missouri
Nixa

Rodger Riney & family
$3.30
77
Discount brokerage
Missouri
St. Louis

Hamilton James & family
$3.30
71
Investments
Michigan
Wyandotte

Carl Thoma
$3.30
74
Investments
Oklahoma

David Rubenstein
$3.20
73
Private equity
Maryland
Baltimore

Frank VanderSloot
$3.20
74
Nutrition, wellness products
Montana
Billings

Joseph Grendys
$3.20
61
Poultry processing
Illinois
Chicago

Geoffrey Palmer
$3.20
73
Real estate
California
Los Angeles

J. Joe Ricketts & family
$3.20
81
TD Ameritrade
Nebraska
Nebraska City

Steve Wynn
$3.20
81
Casinos, hotels
Connecticut
New Haven

Vincent Viola
$3.20
67
Electronic trading
New York
New York

Ron Burkle
$3.20
70
Supermarkets, investments
California
Pomona

Jon Yarbrough
$3.20
66
Video games
Tennessee

David Filo
$3.20
57
Yahoo
Wisconsin

Vincent McMahon
$3.10
77
Entertainment
North Carolina
Pinehurst

Jonathan Nelson
$3.10
67
Private equity
Rhode Island
Providence

Roger Penske
$3.10
86
Cars
Ohio
Shaker Heights

Todd Christopher
$3.00
60
Hair care products
Florida
Clearwater

Meg Whitman
$3.00
66
EBay
New York
Cold Spring Harbor

William Conway Jr
$3.00
73
Private equity
Massachusetts
Lowell

John Paulson
$3.00
67
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Stephen Deckoff
$3.00
57
Private equity
New York
New York

Norman Braman
$3.00
90
Art, car dealerships
Pennsylvania
West Chester

Edward DeBartolo Jr
$3.00
76
Shopping centers
Ohio
Youngstown

George Bishop
$3.00
85
Oil & gas

Roy Carroll II
$2.90
60
Real estate
Connecticut
Guilford

Daniel Sundheim
$2.90
46
Hedge funds

Thomas Tull
$2.80
52
Movies, investments
New York
Endwell

Sean Parker
$2.80
43
Facebook
Virginia
Herndon

Lorenzo Fertitta
$2.80
54
Casinos, mixed martial arts
Nevada
Las Vegas

Frank Fertitta III
$2.80
61
Casinos, mixed martial arts
Nevada
Las Vegas

John Paul DeJoria
$2.80
79
Hair products, tequila
California
Los Angeles

Glenn Dubin
$2.80
66
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Willis Johnson
$2.80
76
Damaged cars
Oklahoma

Stewart Horejsi & family
$2.70
85
Berkshire Hathaway
Missouri
Kansas City

Evan Spiegel
$2.70
32
Snapchat
California
Los Angeles

Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon
$2.70
73
Health IT
Arizona

Wayne Rothbaum
$2.70
55
Biotech investing

Justin Ishbia
$2.60
45
Private equity
Michigan
Birmingham

Robert Friedland
$2.60
72
Mining
Illinois
Chicago

Glen Taylor
$2.60
82
Printing
Minnesota
Comfrey

Henry Laufer
$2.60
77
Hedge funds
Florida
Lake Worth

Michael S. Smith
$2.60
68
Liquefied natural gas
New York
New York

Ray Davis
$2.60
81
Pipelines
New York
New York

J. Tomilson Hill
$2.60
75
Investments
New York
New York

Aneel Bhusri
$2.60
57
Business software
New York
Pittsford

Chris Larsen
$2.60
62
Cryptocurrency
California
San Francisco

Byron Trott
$2.60
64
Investments
Missouri
Springfield

Richard Peery
$2.60
84
Real estate

Felix Baker
$2.60
54
Biotech investing

Julian Baker
$2.60
57
Investing

Bobby Murphy
$2.50
34
Snapchat
California
Berkeley

Brad Kelley
$2.50
66
Tobacco
Kentucky
Bowling Green

Oprah Winfrey
$2.50
69
TV shows
Mississippi
Kosciusko

S. Daniel Abraham
$2.50
98
Slim-Fast
New York
Long Beach

Jeff Sutton
$2.50
63
Real estate
New York
New York

Leonard Schleifer
$2.50
70
Pharmaceuticals
New York
New York

Leon G. Cooperman
$2.50
80
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Jay-Z
$2.50
53
Multiple
New York
New York

Carl DeSantis
$2.50
83
Energy drink
Massachusetts

Steven Sarowitz
$2.50
57
Payroll software

Joseph Edelman
$2.50
67
Hedge funds

Herb Chambers
$2.40
81
Car dealerships
Massachusetts
Boston

Jed McCaleb
$2.40
48
Cryptocurrency
Arkansas
Fayetteville

Charles Munger
$2.40
99
Berkshire Hathaway
Nebraska
Omaha

Gerald Ford
$2.40
78
Banking
Texas
Pampa

David Walentas
$2.40
84
Real estate
New York
Rochester

Brian Armstrong
$2.40
40
Cryptocurrency
California
San Jose

Brian Acton
$2.40
51
WhatsApp
Michigan

Tench Coxe
$2.40
65
Venture capital

David Murdock
$2.30
100
Dole, real estate
Missouri
Kansas City

Henry Swieca
$2.30
66
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Clayton Mathile
$2.30
82
Pet food
Ohio
Portage

Matthew Prince
$2.30
48
Cybersecurity
Utah
Salt Lake City

Doris Fisher
$2.30
91
Gap
California
San Francisco

Chad Richison
$2.30
52
Payroll processing
Oklahoma
Tuttle

Bruce Karsh
$2.30
67
Private equity

Jeffrey Gundlach
$2.20
64
Investments
New York
Amherst

Tom Ford
$2.20
61
Fashion
Texas
Austin

William Stone
$2.20
68
Software
Indiana
Evansville

James Jannard
$2.20
73
Sunglasses
California
Los Angeles

Jerry Reinsdorf
$2.20
87
Sports teams
New York
New York

Howard Marks
$2.20
77
Private equity
New York
New York

George Kurtz
$2.20
52
Security software
New Jersey
Parsippany–Troy Hills

John Bicket
$2.20
43
Sensor systems

George Argyros & family
$2.10
86
Real estate, investments
Michigan
Detroit

Richard Saghian
$2.10
41
Fast fashion
California
Los Angeles

Theodore Leonsis
$2.10
67
Sports teams
New York
New York

Elaine Wynn
$2.10
81
Casinos, hotels
New York
New York

Reid Hoffman
$2.10
55
LinkedIn
California
Palo Alto

David Adelman
$2.00
51
Real estate, asset management
Pennsylvania
Lower Merion

Michael Jordan
$2.00
60
Charlotte Hornets, endorsements
New York
New York

Charles Ergen
$2.00
70
Satellite TV
Tennessee
Oak Ridge

T. Denny Sanford
$2.00
87
Banking, credit cards
Minnesota
Saint Paul

Jared Isaacman
$2.00
40
Payment processing
New Jersey
Westfield

William Young
$2.00
82
Plastics

Larry Robbins
$1.90
53
Hedge funds
Illinois
Arlington Heights

James Dinan
$1.90
64
Hedge funds
Maryland
Baltimore

Alan Trefler
$1.90
67
Software
Massachusetts
Boston

Dwight Schar
$1.90
81
Homebuilding, NFL team
Ohio
Creston

Timothy Springer
$1.90
75
Biotech
Georgia
Fort Moore

Travis Boersma
$1.90
52
Coffee
Oregon
Grants Pass

Paul Foster
$1.90
65
Oil refining
New Mexico
Lovington

Tim Cook
$1.90
62
Apple
Alabama
Mobile

David Lichtenstein
$1.90
61
Real estate
New York
New York

Edward Lampert
$1.90
60
Sears
New York
Roslyn

David Blitzer
$1.90
53
Sports
New Jersey
Scotch Plains

Richard Kayne
$1.90
77
Investments

Scott Kapnick
$1.90
64
Private equity

William Franke
$1.80
86
Low-cost airlines
Texas
Bryan

Nikil Viswanathan
$1.80
35
Blockchain technology
Illinois
Chicago

August Troendle
$1.80
67
Pharmaceutical services
Ohio
Cincinnati

Evan Williams
$1.80
51
Twitter
Nebraska
Clarks

Todd Wagner
$1.80
62
Online media
Indiana
Gary

Patrick Hanrahan
$1.80
68
Software
Wisconsin
Green Bay

Ronald Perelman
$1.80
80
Leveraged buyouts
North Carolina
Greensboro

Kevin Systrom
$1.80
39
Instagram
Massachusetts
Holliston

Jim Thompson
$1.80
83
Logistics
New Jersey
Jersey City

Palmer Luckey
$1.80
30
Virtual reality
California
Long Beach

Joe Lacob
$1.80
67
Golden State Warriors
Massachusetts
New Bedford

Brian Higgins
$1.80
58
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Parker Conrad
$1.80
43
Software
New York
New York

Leslie Alexander
$1.80
79
Sports team
New York
New York

Robert Duggan
$1.80
79
Pharmaceuticals
California
Oakland

Phillip Frost
$1.80
86
Pharmaceuticals
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Gary Michelson
$1.80
74
Medical patents
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

O. Francis Biondi
$1.80
58
Hedge funds

Riaz Valani
$1.80
46
E-cigarettes

Drew Houston
$1.70
40
Cloud storage service
Massachusetts
Acton

Jimmy John Liautaud
$1.70
59
Sandwich chain
Illinois
Arlington Heights

Marc Andreessen
$1.70
51
Venture capital investing
Iowa
Cedar Falls

Don Levin
$1.70
72
rolling papers
Illinois
Chicago

Jim Breyer
$1.70
61
Venture capital
Connecticut
New Haven

Tom Werner
$1.70
73
Sports teams
New York
New York

Mario Gabelli
$1.70
81
Money management
New York
New York

Alexander Karp
$1.70
55
Software firm
New York
New York

James Leininger
$1.70
78
Medical products
Indiana
Warsaw

Sheryl Sandberg
$1.70
53
Facebook

Washington, DC

John Goff
$1.70
67
Real estate
Texas

Alice Schwartz
$1.70
96
Biotech

Keith Dunleavy & family
$1.70
53
Health IT

Stephen Winn
$1.70
76
Real estate services

Duncan MacMillan
$1.70
85
Bloomberg LP

Jim Crane
$1.60
69
Logistics, baseball
Missouri
Dellwood

Ryan Smith
$1.60
44
Cloud computing
Oregon
Eugene

David Booth
$1.60
77
Mutual funds
Kansas
Lawrence

Bill Gross
$1.60
79
Investments
Ohio
Middletown

Jamie Dimon
$1.60
67
Banking
New York
New York

Clifford Asness
$1.60
56
Money management
New York
New York

George Yancopoulos
$1.60
63
Pharmaceuticals
New York
New York

Irving Grousbeck & family
$1.60
88
Telecommunication, sports
Massachusetts
Northampton

Randal J. Kirk
$1.60
69
Pharmaceuticals
California
Pleasanton

Louis Bacon
$1.60
66
Hedge funds
North Carolina
Raleigh

Jeff Tangney
$1.60
50
Healthcare IT
California
San Mateo

Robert Clark
$1.60
64
Construction
Missouri
St. Louis

Kenneth Tuchman
$1.60
63
Call centers
California

Scott Watterson
$1.60
68
Fitness equipment

David Hoffmann
$1.60
70
Executive search, investments

Robert Langer
$1.50
74
Biotech
New York
Albany

William Foley II
$1.50
78
Financial services
Texas
Austin

Anthony Casalena
$1.50
41
Software
Maryland
Baltimore

Jim Koch
$1.50
74
Beer
Ohio
Cincinnati

Timothy Headington
$1.50
73
Oil & gas, investments
Texas
Dallas

Ben Silbermann
$1.50
40
Social media
Iowa
Des Moines

Alan Gerry
$1.50
94
Cable television
New York
Liberty

Kenny Troutt
$1.50
75
Telecom
Illinois
Mount Vernon

James Scapa
$1.50
66
Software
New York
New York

Mike Repole
$1.50
55
Sports drink
New York
New York

Thomas Steyer
$1.50
65
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Nelson Peltz
$1.50
80
Investments
New York
New York

Sidney Kimmel
$1.50
95
Retail
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Jerry Moyes & family
$1.50
79
Transportation
Utah
Plain City

Art Levinson
$1.50
73
Genentech, Apple
Washington
Seattle

Cameron Winklevoss
$1.50
41
Cryptocurrency
New York
Southampton

Tyler Winklevoss
$1.50
41
Cryptocurrency
New York
Southampton

Egon Durban
$1.50
49
Private equity

Greg Mondre
$1.50
49
Private equity

Kenneth Hao
$1.50
54
Private equity

Alfred West Jr
$1.40
80
Money management
Florida
Brooksville

Matthew Roszak
$1.40
50
Cryptocurrency
Illinois
Chicago

Dan Wilks
$1.40
66
Natural gas
Texas
Cisco

Farris Wilks
$1.40
71
Natural gas
Texas
Cisco

Steve Case
$1.40
64
AOL
Hawai
Honolulu

Jim McKelvey
$1.40
57
Mobile payments
Missouri
St. Louis

J. Christopher Flowers
$1.40
65
Investments
California

Jared Smith
$1.40
48
Cloud computing
Utah

John Oyler
$1.40
55
Biotech

Michael Arougheti
$1.40
50
Finance

George Joseph
$1.30
101
Insurance
West Virginia
Beckley

Gregg Hymowitz
$1.30
57
Asset management
New York
Bellmore

Henry Engelhardt
$1.30
65
Insurance
Illinois
Chicago

Mark Pincus
$1.30
57
Online games
Illinois
Chicago

Timothy Dunn & family
$1.30
67
Energy
Texas
Littlefield

Mike Speiser
$1.30
52
Software
California
Menlo Park

Seth Klarman
$1.30
66
Investments
New York
New York

Richard Hayne
$1.30
75
Urban Outfitters
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Joel Greenberg
$1.30
65
Trading, investments
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Michael Krasny
$1.30
69
Retail
Illinois

Jeffrey Michael & family
$1.30
66
Data management

Bennett Rosenthal
$1.30
59
Finance

David Kaplan
$1.30
55
Finance

Jimmy Rane
$1.20
76
Lumber
Alabama
Abbeville

Orion Hindawi
$1.20
43
Software
California
Berkeley

Kim Kardashian
$1.20
42
Shapewear, skincare
California
Los Angeles

Jorge Mas
$1.20
60
Construction
Florida
Miami

Frederic Luddy
$1.20
68
Software
Indiana
New Castle

Alan Miller & family
$1.20
85
Healthcare services
New York
New York

Lawrence Golub
$1.20
63
Private equity
New York
New York

Michael Steinhardt
$1.20
82
Hedge funds
New York
New York

Darwin Deason
$1.20
83
Software
Arkansas
Rogers

Forrest Preston
$1.20
90
Health care
Massachusetts

Scott Nuttall
$1.20
50
Private equity

Randal Nardone
$1.20
67
Investments, energy

Paul Sciarra
$1.20
42
Pinterest

Thomas Bailey
$1.20
86
Money management

James Truchard
$1.10
79
software
Texas
Austin

Paul Fireman
$1.10
79
Reebok
Massachusetts
Cambridge

Sara Blakely
$1.10
52
Spanx
Florida
Clearwater

J. Wayne Weaver
$1.10
87
Shoes
Georgia
Columbus

Tiger Woods
$1.10
47
Golf
California
Cypress

Brad Keywell
$1.10
53
Software, investments
Michigan
Detroit

Michael Saylor
$1.10
58
cryptocurrency
Nebraska
Lincoln

Ryan Breslow
$1.10
29
E-commerce software
Florida
Miami

Lloyd Blankfein
$1.10
68
Banking
New York
New York

Gary Friedman
$1.10
65
Furniture retail
California
San Francisco

Donald Friese
$1.10
82
Manufacturing
Pennsylvania
York

Dean Solon
$1.10
58
Solar systems

Farhad Ebrahimi
$1.10
84
Solar panels

David Golub
$1.10
61
Private equity

Joseph Bae
$1.10
51
Private equity

Patrick Zalupski
$1.10
42
homebuilding

LeBron James
$1.00
38
Basketball
Ohio
Akron

Tyler Perry
$1.00
53
Movies, television
Louisiana
New Orleans

Jimmy Buffett
$1.00
76
Entertainment, Margaritaville
Mississippi
Pascagoula

Richard Kurtz
$1.00
83
Real estate
New Jersey

Scott Smith
$1.00
74
Cloud computing
Utah

Jeffrey, S. Raikes
$1.00
64
MSFT

Ronald Clarke
$1.00
67
payments technology

*Data captured 2023-06-15

Author: Larry Cook