Forbes: Here’s The Richest Resident In Ohio

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.

Ohio's richest resident is Les Wexner and his family, the retailer behind L Brands who is worth $4.7 billion, according to Forbes. L Brands operates both the Victoria's Secret chain and the Bath & Body Works chain.

Wexner was born near Dayton, Ohio and graduated from The Ohio State University. He opened his first retail store, the Limited, in Columbus in 1963, according to his company biography. From there, he continued to open stores and acquire brands and his company now employs 80,000 people worldwide.

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.

Ohio has six billionaire residents, according to Forbes.

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:
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.