Ken Griffin founded global investment fund Citadel in In November , the multi-billionaire also made the most expensive home purchase in Chicago's history, buying the top four floors of the No. The company specializes in devices used in minimally-invasive surgery such as stents and filters. Carl inherited control of Cook Group from his parents, William and Gayle Cook, who founded the company. Stine made his fortune in the state's substantial corn and soybean industries.
Stine still resides with his family in Adel, where his grandparents first moved in the late s. Kansas' Charles Koch, one of the two Koch brothers, made his fortune building and running Koch Industries, which operates in everything from paper products to chemical manufacturing to oil pipelines.
The Koch brothers are known for their participation in the American political system and for their financial support of conservative candidates. Public Storage now has more than 2, locations throughout the United States and is the largest self-storage brand in the country. Hughes purchased Spendthrift Farm in Lexington in The farm has raised nine Kentucky Derby champions.
Hughes is also one of the top conservative political donors in the state. Gayle Benson became the wealthiest person in Louisiana following the death of her husband, Tom Benson, in A legal battle with Tom's children and grandchildren, who claimed he was mentally unfit when he gave her control of his assets, was eventually settled.
Susan Alfond is the heiress to the Alfond family fortune. While the deal turned sour for Buffett when the company was besieged by cheap imports and foreign competition, the Alfonds have since made billions in appreciating Berkshire Hathaway stock. Susan Alfond shares the family fortune with her three brothers and co-inheritors, Ted, Peter and Bill. Maryland's Ted Lerner has been one of the biggest names in real estate for decades, getting his start in selling homes and eventually moving into large-scale development.
Johnson is current owner of mutual fund group Fidelity Investments. Johnson's siblings and co-heirs to the family fortune, Elizabeth Johnson and Edward Johnson IV, are also billionaires. The heirs and co-chairmen of Michigan-based grocery chain Meijer, Hank and Doug Meijer, are the wealthiest people in the state. Meijer, which was founded in by the Meijers' grandfather Hendrik Meijer, has over locations throughout the Midwest. Glen Taylor made his fortune by founding Taylor Corp.
Though he no longer serves as CEO, he is still chairman. They have since turned the business into the largest truck tire distributor in the nation, becoming billionaires in the process and the richest people in Mississippi.
The brothers have since diversified their interests and now own 18 businesses, including holding company Duff Capital Investors. As a real estate developer and the husband of Walmart heiress Ann Walton Kroenke, Stan Kroenke has been able to amass a large fortune from developing the plazas near many Walmart stores. Through Washington Companies, a company owned and started by Washington, he owns a diversified group of businesses that span several industries such as shipping, rail transport and diamond mining.
The Oracle of Omaha is not only the wealthiest person in Nebraska, but also the third richest person in America. Buffett was born in Omaha in and has lived there with his family continuously since Adelson is the founder, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands, one of the largest casino and resort companies in the world.
Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli is a descendant of Ludwig Reimann, who in joined Johann Adam Benckiser as a partner in his chemical company. Two decades after inheriting an The firm largely focuses on securities prices.
John and his wife Laura founded the Overdeck Family Foundation in Their foundation supports education through initiatives and grants, including over grantees. Mack C. Chase is an oil and gas tycoon based in Artesia, New Mexico.
Chase began working in the oil industry at age 14 in , and started his own oil drilling business in Russell owns about a third of the company. His stake in the firm was gifted by his father in DoorDash, the food delivery app Fang and Tang cofounded in , became more prevalent and valuable than ever during the pandemic as restaurants and customers pivoted to delivery. Bankman-Fried embraces a philosophy called Effective Altruism: His goal is to make as much money as he can so that he can give away as much as possible.
Jonathan and his older brother, Geoffrey, 35, each inherited from their late father Walter Kwok d. Walter was ousted as chairman of Sun Hung Kai in as the result of a feud with his brothers Thomas and Raymond Kwok. This is a BETA experience.
You may opt-out by clicking here. Billionaires It went public earlier this summer , which sparked a wave of criticism from institutional investors. Lukas Walton is wealthy due to inheritance — he is the grandson of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart.
Rather than running the family business, Walton is primarily involved in philanthropy. After cofounding Coinbase, the largest public exchange for cryptocurrency, Fred Ehrsam founded a blockchain investment company named Paradigm.
Among its investments: Coinbase and FTX, two of the most widely used cryptocurrency exchanges. Though Bobby Murphy serves as chief technology officer at Snap, he built wealth as a cofounder and stakeholder of the social media company he now helps to run. Snap shares have risen dramatically since it first went public in Like Zuckerberg, Spiegel has managed to avoid losing control of the social media service he cofounded.
At just 29 years old, Sam Bankman-Fried is the youngest billionaire in the world. He earned that title by building and running FTX, a major cryptocurrency exchange that competes with Coinbase. Got a tip? Contact Insider senior correspondent Ben Gilbert via email bgilbert insider.
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