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Published on October 25th, 2012 | by Begley

Research Firm Wealth-X has put together this?fascinating?list of the richest people in America broken down state by state.

Here in Connecticut, it is Raymond Dalio. Founder of Bridgewater Associates.

Here is who is sitting at the top in the rest of the 50 states:

1: Washington: Bill Gates:?$64.5 billion ? Microsoft chairman, co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2: Nebraska: Warren Buffett:?$49.6 billion ? Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
3: California: Lawrence Ellison: $41.1 billion ? CEO of Oracle Corp.
4: Arkansas: James Walton: $33.6 billion ? Chairman of Arvest Bank, son of Walmart founder, Sam Walton
5: Kansas: David Koch: $32.1 billion ? Vice-chairman of Koch Industries
6: New York: Michael Bloomberg:?$24.8 billion ? New York City Mayor and owner of Bloomberg LP
7: Nevada: Sheldon Adelson: $20.2 billion ? Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands
8: Virginia: Forrest Mars, Jr.: $17 billion ? Part-owner of Mars candy company and grandson of the late Frank C. Mars
9: Texas: Michael Dell:?$14 billion ? CEO of Dell Inc
10: Oregon: Philip Knight: $13 billion ? Chairman of Nike Inc.
11: Massachusetts: Abigail Johnson: $11.9 billion ? President, Fidelity Financial Services
12: Georgia: Anne Cox Chambers: $11.2 billion ? Member of Cox Enterprises? board of directors, chairwoman of Atlanta Newspapers
13: Connecticut: Raymond Dalio: $10 billion ? Founder of Bridgewater Associates LP
14: Oklahoma: George Kaiser: $10 billion ? Chairman of BOK Financial
15: Colorado: Charles Ergen: $8.3 billion ? Founder and chairman of DISH Network
16: Pennsylvania: Hansjorg Wyss: $7.7 billion ? Chairman of Swiss medical device manufacturer Synthes Holding AG
17: North Carolina: James Goodnight: $7.4 billion ? CEO of SAS Institute
18: Wisconsin: John Menard, Jr.: $6 billion ? Founder and owner of home-improvement retailer Menard Inc.
19: New Jersey: David Tepper: $5.2 billion ? President and founder of Appaloosa Management
20: Michigan: Richard DeVos Sr.: $5.1 billion ? Co-founder of Amway and owner of the Orlando Magic
21: Montana: Dennis Washington: $5 billion ? Founder of The Washington Companies and co-founder of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
22: Ohio: Leslie Wexner: $4.5 billion ? Chairman and CEO of Limited Brands
23: Arizona: Bruce Halle Sr.: $4 billion ? Founder of Discount Tires
24: Florida: Joseph Lewis: $3.9 billion ? Founder of Tavistock Group and owner of Tottenham Hotspur soccer team in England
25: Illinois: Samuel Zell: $3.9 billion ? Founder of Equity Residential
26: Maryland: Theodore Lerner: $3.9 billion ? Founder of real estate firm Lerner Enterprises
27: Minnesota: Pauline Keinath: $3.7 billion ? Part-owner of Cargill Inc. and great-granddaughter of founder W. W. Cargill
28: Indiana: Gayle Cook: $3.4 billion ? Member of board of directors of medical device firm Cook Group
29: Tennessee: Thomas Frist, Jr.: $3 billion ? Founder of HCA, the Hospital Corporation of America
30: Utah: Robert Earl Holding: $2.7 billion ? Owner of Sinclair Oil
31: Mississippi: Leslie Lampton: $2.4 billion ? Founder of Ergon Inc.
32: South Carolina: Anita Zucker: $2.2 billion ? Chairwoman and CEO of chemical manufacturer InterTech Group
33: Rhode Island: Jonathan Nelson: $1.6 billion ? CEO of Providence Equity Partners
34: Missouri: Christopher Cline: $1.5 billion ? Founder of Foresight Energy
35: West Virginia: James Justice II: $1.5 billion ? Owner of the coal mining Justice Companies
36: Alabama: Marguerite Harbert: $1.4 billion ? Widow of the late construction and energy mogul, John Murdoch Harbert III
37: Louisiana: Thomas Benson: $1.3 billion ? Owner of New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Hornets
38: South Dakota: T. Denny Sanford: $1.3 billion
39: Idaho: Frank VanderSloot: $1.2 billion ? CEO of Melaleuca
40: Kentucky: Bradley Wayne Hughes: $1.1 billion ? Founder of Public Storage
41: Iowa: Dennis Albaugh: $1 billion ? Founder of Albaugh Inc.
42: North Dakota: Gary Tharaldson: $900 million ? Founder of the Tharaldson Companies
43: Maine: Leon Gorman: $860 million ? Chairman of L.L. Bean
44: Delaware: Robert Gore: $830 million ? Founder of materials and manufacturing company W.L. Gore & Associates
45: New Mexico: Peyton Yates, Jr.: $760 million ? President of Yates Petroleum Corp.
46: Alaska: Robert Gillam: $690 million ? President and CEO of McKinley Capital Management LLC
47: Hawaii: Jay Shidler: $680 million ? Founder of the real estate company The Shidler Group
48: New Hampshire: Martin Trust: $600 million ? President of Brandot International, formerly president and CEO of MAST Industries
49: Vermont: Robert Stiller: $580 million ? Founder of Green Mountain Coffee
50: Wyoming: John Martin: $210 million ? Chairman and CEO of Gilead Sciences

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