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Meet The Richest Person In Alabama: Forbes

Forbes identified the richest person in each state. They may not come as a surprise.

Forbes analyzed the fortunes of the country’s richest people to identify each state’s wealthiest person. This is the magazine’s fifth edition of the list.

Alabama’s richest resident is Jimmy Rane, the founder and CEO of Great Southern Wood Preserving, who is worth $900 million, according to Forbes. Rane is one of the few people to make the list who is not a billionaire.

The net worth of the individuals on the list varies. For example, Washington is home to the world’s two richest and most recognizable billionaires; Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, but in certain states, the richest people only had a nine-figure net worth, Forbes writes.

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Collectively, the wealthy on the Forbes list had a net worth of $875 billion, which the magazine says set a new record.

The top 10 richest people on the Forbes list are:

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Jeff Bezos & family: $157 billion (Washington)
Warren Buffett: $85 billion (Nebraska)
Mark Zuckerberg: $71 billion (California)
Michael Bloomberg: $53.8 billion (New York)
Jim Walton: $51.1 billion (Arkansas)
Alice Walton: $50.1 billion (Texas)
Charles Koch: $42 billion (Kansas)
Sheldon Adelson: $35.7 billion (Nevada)
Phil Knight & family: $35 billion (Oregon)
Jacqueline Mars: $28.1 billion (Virginia)
John Mars: $28.1 billion (Wyoming)

You can view the full list via Forbes of the richest people in every state.

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