These Wisconsin Billionaires Are The Richest People In The State

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Wisconsin has its fair share of billionaires.

Forbes released its annual list of the world's billionaires on Tuesday and many of them were from the Badger State.

The list includes a list 2,755 billionaires, eight of whom were from here in Wisconsin.

The top billionaire in the state is John Menard Jr., the founder of Eau Claire-based Menards. Menard's net worth is $14.2 billion, making him the 145th richest person on the list.

Here are all of the Wisconsin billionaires that made the list, in order of net worth:

  • John Menard Jr., founder of Menards, $14.2 billion
  • Herbert Kohler Jr. and family, executive chairman of Kohler Company, $9.8 billion
  • Diane Hendricks, owner of Hendricks Holding Company and ABC Supply Co., $8 billion
  • Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic Systems, $6 billion
  • James Cargill Jr., Cargill Inc., $3.6 billion
  • S. Curtis Johnson, S.C. Johnson & Sons, $3.6 billion
  • Helen Johnson-Leipold, chairwoman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors, $3.6 billion
  • H. Fisk Johnson, chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Sons, $3.5 billion

For the fourth year in a row, the richest person on the list was Jeff Bezos with a net worth of $177 billion.

Elon Musk took the number two spot with a net worth of $151 billion, and Bill Gates was number three with a net worth of $124 billion.

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