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How to work for a billionaire

The worldwide demand for jobs with billionaires has never been greater. There are about 2,600 billionaires around the world, and about 25% are in the United States. Most of them employ small armies of staff: Executive PA, social secretary, personal assistant, personal chef, yacht crew, nannies, etc. Below is an enlargeable map of these ultra-high-net-worth tycoons by state, industry, and city. Available hyperlinks will take you to additional resources.

You can also check out our JOBS PAGE to see what placements we have for high-net-worth families. 

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How this map works

​Click map to zoom in. Once map opens in a new window, you can zoom in again to each state.

Each colored number on the map represents a billionaire on the Forbes list, and that number tells where they are in the ranking.  Industries include (by color code): finance, casinos, health, media, tech, food, manufacturing, real estate, natural resources, fashion/retail, energy, other.

Further, the data is sorted by “wealth origin”: inherited or self-made; as well as people who are expatriates (from overseas). 

This data and photo complements of Forbes. It is for informational and reference purposes only. No ownership is expressed or implied. ​

Job seekers should have a strategy for applying to jobs with billionaires

Richest billionaire in each state

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Arizona
Richest: Bruce Halle
Net worth: $5 billion
Source of Wealth: Tires

 

Arkansas
Richest: Jim Walton
Net worth: $34.7 billion
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart

 

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California
Richest: Larry Ellison
Net worth: $48 billion
Source of wealth: Oracle
City: Greater San Francisco

 

Colorado
Richest: Charles Ergen
Net worth: $15 billion
Source of wealth: Dish Network

 

Connecticut
Richest: Ray Dalio
Net worth: $14.4 billion
Source of wealth: Hedge funds

 

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Florida
Richest: Charles Johnson
Net worth: $7.5 billion
Source of wealth: Money management

 

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Georgia
Richest: Anne Cox Chambers
Net worth: $15.5 billion
Source of wealth: Media

 

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Hawaii
Richest: Pierre Omidyar
Net worth: $8.2 billion
Source of wealth: Ebay

 

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Illinois
Richest: Ken Griffin
Net worth: $5.2 billion
Source of wealth: Hedge funds
City: Chicago

 

Indiana
Richest: Gayle Cook
Net worth: $5.8 billion
Source of wealth: Medical devices

 

Iowa
Richest: Harry Stine
Net worth: $3 billion
Source of wealth: Agriculture

 

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Kansas
Richest: Charles Koch
Net worth: $40 billion
Source of wealth: Diversified

 

Kentucky
Richest: B. Wayne Hughes
Net worth: $2.1 billion
Source of wealth: Self storage

 

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Louisiana
Richest: Tom Benson
Net worth: $1.5 billion
Source of wealth: (Sports) New Orleans Saints

 

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Maryland
Richest: Ted Lerner
Net worth: $4.2 billion
Source of wealth: Real estate

 

Massachusetts
Richest: Abigail Johnson
Net worth: $17.3 billion
Source of wealth: Money management

 

Michigan
Richest: Hank & Doug Meijer
Net worth: $8.5 billion
Source of wealth: Supermarkets
City: Grand Rapids

 

Minnesota
Richest: Whitney MacMillan
Net worth: $4.8 billion
Source of wealth: Cargill Inc.

 

Missouri
Richest: Jack Taylor & family
Net worth: $12.8 billion
Source of wealth: Enterprise Rent-A-Car

 

Montana
Richest: Dennis Washington
Net worth: $5.8 billion
Source of wealth: Construction, mining

 

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Nebraska
Richest: Warren Buffett
Net worth: $58.2 billion
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway

 

Nevada
Richest: Sheldon Adelson
Net worth: $38 billion
Source of wealth: Casinos
City: Las Vegas

 

New Hampshire
Richest: Patrick McGovern
Net worth: $5.7 billion
Source of wealth: Media

 

New Jersey
Richest: David Tepper
Net worth: $10 billion
Source of wealth: Hedge funds

 

New York
Richest: David Koch
Net worth: $40 billion
Source of wealth: Diversified
Location: New York City

 

North Carolina
Richest: James Goodnight
Net worth: $7.5 billion
Source of wealth: Software

 

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Ohio
Richest: Leslie Wexner
Net worth: $5.7 billion
Source of wealth: Retail

 

Oklahoma
Richest: Harold Hamm
Net worth: $14.6 billion
Source of wealth: Oil and gas

 

Oregon
Richest: Phil Knight
Net worth: $18.4 billion
Source of wealth: Nike

 

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Pennsylvania
Richest: Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
Net worth: $2.8 billion
Source of wealth: Campbell Soup

 

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Rhode Island
Richest: Jonathan Nelson
Net worth: $1.8 billion
Source of wealth: Private equity

 

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South Carolina
Richest: Anita Zucker
Net worth: $2.6 billion
Source of wealth: Chemicals

 

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Tennessee
Richest: Thomas Frist Jr & family
Net worth: $6.1 billion
Source of wealth: Health care

 

Texas
Richest: Alice Walton
Net worth: $34.3 billion
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart

 

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Utah
Richest: Jon Huntsman
Net worth: $1.1 billion
Source of wealth: Chemicals

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Virginia
Richest: Jacqueline Mars
Net worth: $20 billion
Source of wealth: Candy

 

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Washington
Richest: Bill Gates
Net worth: $76 billion
Source of wealth: Microsoft

 

West Virginia
Richest: Jim Justice II
Net worth: $1.6 billion
Source of wealth: Coal

 

Wisconsin
Richest: John Menard Jr.
Net worth: $7.5 billion
Source of wealth: Retail

 

Wyoming
Richest: Christy Walton & family
Net worth: $36.7 billion
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart

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Not even counting the billionaires, there are also about nine-million individuals who are millionaires in the United States, so that’s 180,000 per state. In short, the opportunities to work on the staff of a high net worth family as an estate manager, personal assistant, social secretary, nanny, security guard, or executive assistant are unprecedented in history. In short, billionaire jobs are in every corner of the world in you know where to look. 

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