U.S. Billionaire Map
Stacker Reveals Updated Richest Billionaires in Five States, Citing Varied Local Sources
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Nevada’s list of richest billionaires is sourced from primepublishers.com rather than Forbes, illustrating that Stacker’s state pages pull from a variety of local or third-party outlets for the primary data.
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Missouri’s state roster relies on Griffon News as the source for its billionaire list, reinforcing the pattern of decentralized sourcing across the five states.
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Montana’s wealth list is published through Kulr8, another local outlet, signaling varied publication partners behind the state-by-state billionaire tallies.
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Ohio and Texas pages also credit regional outlets (WHIO for Ohio and Eagle San Antonio for Texas), continuing the pattern of state lists anchored to local publishers.
Stacker has released updated state-by-state lists of the richest billionaires across the U.S., using Forbes data current as of June 18, 2026. My Leader Paper and KULR8 are among the regional outlets publishing the lists, which cover states including Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Texas, and Nevada.
There are roughly 3,000 billionaires worldwide today. The lists put a local lens on that global wealth, showing exactly which ultra-rich individuals call each state home.
Local Outlets Publish State Billionaire Rankings Nationwide
Rather than one central hub, Stacker distributed its billionaire lists through local and regional publishers. KULR8 published the Montana list. My Leader Paper covered Missouri. WFMZ handled Pennsylvania, and WSOC-TV took on North Carolina. Each outlet anchored the data to its own audience.
This decentralized approach means a reader in Montana gets a Montana-specific angle, while a Texan sees names tied to their state. The underlying Forbes data stays the same across all versions. Only the publishing partner changes.
Forbes Data Pins Net Worth to a Single Date
All five state lists use Forbes net worth figures as of June 18, 2026. That single cutoff date matters. Billionaire wealth can shift by billions in weeks due to stock swings or private company valuations. Locking to one date makes the comparisons fair and consistent, according to WFMZ.
NCWLIFE noted the same methodology for Oregon's list. Stacker applied it uniformly across every state. Readers can compare, say, Montana's richest to Texas's richest knowing both numbers come from the same snapshot in time.
Rockefeller or Ford — Who Was the First Billionaire?
Every state list opens with the same historical question: who was the world's first billionaire? Most credit John D. Rockefeller, who is believed to have crossed the billion-dollar mark in 1916. But some historians argue Henry Ford got there first, in 1925, according to KULR8 and NCWLIFE.
The debate is still unsettled. What is clear is that billionaires were once extraordinarily rare. Today there are about 3,000 of them globally. Stacker's lists show that many of those individuals live right in readers' own states.
Extreme Wealth Is Spread Across the Entire Country
The five-state rollout — Nevada, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, and Texas — shows that billionaire wealth is not concentrated in just one region. Texas, a massive economy on its own, has a long roster of ultra-rich residents. Montana, far smaller, still claims its own billionaires, per KULR8.
WSOC-TV found the same pattern in North Carolina, while WFMZ showed Pennsylvania has its share of the super-wealthy too. Taken together, the state lists paint a picture of extreme wealth spread broadly across the U.S., not just in coastal financial hubs.
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