A new list has identified America’s richest people for 2023, and more than a dozen of them are from Illinois.
According to a Forbes report titled “The 400 Richest People in America,” 13 of the richest people in the world are from the Prairie State. And while you may not know all of the names, you’ll certainly notice a few.
At the top of the list for Illinois was Lukas Walton with a net worth of $24.2 billion. Walton, 37, is a grandson of Walmart who found Sam Walton, the report said. Overall, Walton ranked 31st on the list.
Walton was also ranked 74th on Forbes’ World Billionaires List, released earlier this year.
The second richest person in Illinois, according to the list, was Patrick Ryan, who came in at No. 70 with a net worth of $10.1 billion. According to Forbes, Ryan, 86, is the CEO and founder of Ryan Specialty Group, a Chicago-based wholesale brokerage and specialty insurance company.
Here are the other Illinoisans who made the list:
No. 176: Neil Bluhm, 85, $6.3 billion – Owner of iconic Chicago properties including 900 North Michigan Ave. and the Ritz Carlton
No. 184: Mark Walter, 63, $5.7 billion – CEO of investment firm Guggenheim Partners
No. 184 (tie): Ty Warner, 79, $5.7 billion – Creator of Beanie Babies
No. 192: Joe Mansueto, 67, $5.6 billion – founded the independent investment research firm Morningstar
No. 192 (tie): Thomas Pritzker, 73, $5.6 billion – one of 11 billionaire heirs to the Pritzker family and currently CEO of Hyatt Hotels
No. 227: Elizabeth Uihlein, 78, $4.9 billion – President of Uline, a major distributor of shipping, packaging and industrial supplies
No. 227 (tie): Richard Uihlein, 78, $4.9 billion – President of Uline
No. 267: Eric Lefkosky, 54, $4.3 billion – Founder of Groupon
No. 273: Joseph Grendys, 61, $4.2 billion – CEO and president of poultry processor Koch Foods, which slaughters, ships and sells chickens under its own brands and private labels
No. 326: JB Pritzker, 58, $3.5 billion – Governor of Illinois
No. 345: Penny Pritzker, 64, $3.3 billion – investor and one of 11 billionaire Pritzker heirs
Former Chicago Bulls player Michael Jordan also made the list, making him the first athlete to appear on the list of richest Americans. Jordan, 60, with a net worth of $3 billion, currently lives in Florida. He ranked 379th on the list.
Earlier this year, Jordan sold his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets for about $3 billion.
Forbes’ full report can be found here.