Nine Wisconsin residents made the annual Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans.
They are (Forbes 400 ranking in parenthesis):
(46) John Menard Jr., founder of Menards, $9.4 billion net worth
(52) Herbert Kohler Jr., Kohler Co., $8.6 billion
(150) Diane Hendricks, Hendricks Holding Company and ABC Supply Co., $3.8 billion
(156) James Cargill II, Cargill Inc., $3.7 billion
(156) H. Fisk Johnson, S.C. Johnson & Sons, $3.7 billion
(156) Imogene Powers Johnson, S.C. Johnson & Sons, $3.7 billion
(156) S. Curtis Johnson, S.C. Johnson & Sons, $3.7 billion
(156) Helen Johnson-Leipold, S.C. Johnson & Sons, $3.7 billion
(321) Judy Faulkner, Epic Systems, $2.4 billion
Also noteworthy, Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Jamie Dinan ranked 353rd with a net worth of $2 billion.
The wealthiest Americans, according to the Forbes 400 list, are: Bill Gates, Microsoft, $81 billion; Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com, $67 billion; Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, $65.5 billion; and Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook, $55.5 billion.