According to Forbes Magazine, here's a list showing the richest person in each state. Can you guess the richest South Dakotan without looking?
| State | Name | Net Worth | Origin of Wealth |
| Alabama | Garry Drummond | $980 M | coal |
| Alaska | Robert Gillam | $320 M | money management |
| Arizona | Bruce Halle | $6 B | tires |
| Arkansas | Jim Walton | $37.6 B | Wal-Mart |
| California | Larry Ellison | $52.8 B | Oracle |
| Colorado | Charles Ergen | $18.2 B | Dish Network |
| Connecticut | Ray Dalio | $15.4 B | hedge funds |
| Delaware | Robert Gore | $675 M | Gore-Tex |
| Delaware | Elizabeth Snyder | $675 M | Gore-Tex |
| Florida | Micky Arison | $7.4 B | Carnival Cruises |
| Georgia | Anne Cox Chambers | $17 B | media |
| Hawaii | Pierre Omidyar | $8.1 B | Ebay |
| Idaho | Scott Simplot | $2.3 B | fertilizer |
| Illinois | Ken Griffin | $6.6 B | hedge funds |
| Indiana | Carl Cook | $6.7 B | medical devices |
| Iowa | Harry Stine | $3.4 B | agriculture |
| Kansas | Charles Koch | $42.7 B | diversified |
| Kentucky | B. Wayne Hughes | $2.5 B | self storage |
| Louisiana | Tom Benson | $1.9 B | New Orleans Saints |
| Maine | Bill Alfond | $1.2 B | shoes |
| Maine | Susan Alfond | $1.2 B | shoes |
| Maryland | Ted Lerner | $5 B | real estate |
| Massachusetts | Abigail Johnson | $13.4 B | money management |
| Michigan | Hank & Doug Meijer | $10.1 B | supermarkets |
| Minnesota | Whitney MacMillan | $4.7 B | Cargill |
| Mississippi | Leslie Lampton | $1 B | oil refining, chemicals |
| Missouri | Jack Taylor | $12.7 B | Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| Montana | Dennis Washington | $5.8 B | construction, mining |
| Nebraska | Warren Buffett | $70.2 B | Berkshire Hathaway |
| Nevada | Sheldon Adelson | $29.7 B | casinos |
| New Hampshire | Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli | $1 B | consumer goods |
| New Jersey | David Tepper | $10.4 B | hedge funds |
| New Mexico | Mack C. Chase | $650 M | oil |
| New York | David Koch | $42.7 B | diversified |
| North Carolina | James Goodnight | $7.5 B | software |
| North Dakota | Gary Tharaldson | $930 M | Hotels |
| Ohio | Leslie Wexner | $7.5 B | retail |
| Oklahoma | Harold Hamm | $13.3 B | oil & gas |
| Oregon | Phil Knight | $22.9 B | Nike |
| Pennsylvania | Mary Alice Dorrance Malone | $3.2 B | Campbell Soup |
| Rhode Island | Jonathan Nelson | $2.1 B | private equity |
| South Carolina | Anita Zucker | $2.2 B | chemicals |
| South Dakota | T. Denny Sanford | $1.4 B | Banking, credit cards |
| Tennessee | Thomas Frist, Jr. | $8.2 B | health care |
| Texas | Alice Walton | $36.4 B | Wal-Mart |
| Utah | Jon Huntsman | $1.1 B | chemicals |
| Vermont | John Abele | $600 M | healthcare |
| Virginia | Jacqueline Mars | $26.8 B | candy |
| Washington | Bill Gates | $78.8 B | Microsoft |
| West Virginia | Jim Justice, II. | $1.7 B | coal |
| Wisconsin | John Menard, Jr. | $9.1 B | retail |
| Wyoming | Christy Walton | $39.1 B | Wal-Mart |
Do any of these surprise you? Did anyone you were thinking of NOT make the list?
