Key Points
Alaska, Delaware and West Virginia are the only states still without a billionaires)..
The report says that there are a total of 775 billionaires who reside in the U.S. 60% of this number live in only four states namely California (179), New York (130), Texas (73) and Florida (92)..
The total wealth of the richest billionaires in each state of USA ( a total of 54 persons due to ties) amounts to $1.5 trillion..
Interestingly, more than half of the billionaires in the list, made their fortunes in just four industries: finance & investments (9 billionaires), fashion & retail (8 billionaires), food & beverage (6 billionaires) and technology (6 billionaires)..
In the list, Google co-founder Larry Page is the richest person in California with a wealth of $105 billion..
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