📌 Here are the top people in Illinois with the deepest pockets

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Posted 12 September 2025 by: Admin #Various

Lukas Walton, grandson of the founder of Walmart, is the richest person in Illinois by a landslide.

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With a net worth of $39.8 billion, Walton’s wealth is nearly four times greater than the second richest person in Illinois, Patrick Ryan, founder and executive chairman of Chicago-based wholesale brokerage and specialty insurance firm Ryan Specialty Holdings.

Their rankings come from a recently released list by Forbes of The 400 Richest People In America. Every person on the list is of billionaire status, including 10 Illinoisians.

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To put Walton’s wealth into perspective, he ranks at No. 24 on the overall list of the country’s richest.

The richest person in the world is Elon Musk, with a net worth of $428 billion. Musk is followed by Larry Ellison at No. 2 with a net worth of $276 billion, Mark Zuckerberg at No. 3 with a net worth of $253 billion, Jeff Bezos at No. 4 with a net worth of $241 billion, and Larry Page at No. 5 with a net worth of $179 billion.

38-year-old Walton is also the third youngest person on the list, behind 38-year-old Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and 37-year-old artificial intelligence app creator Edwin Chen.

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Here’s the full list of the 16 people in Illinois who made the list and their net worth:

  1. Lukas Walton — $39.8 billion
  2. Patrick Ryan — $10 billion
  3. Neil Bluhm — $8.7 billion
  4. Mark Walter — $7.3 billion
  5. Ty Warner — $6.5 billion
  6. Steve Lavin & family — $6.3 billion
  7. Justin Ishbia — $6.2 billion
  8. Elizabeth Uihlein — $6.2 billion
  9. Richard Uihlein — $6.2 billion
  10. Eric Lefkosky — $6 billion

J.B. Pritzker was in the 16th place with $3.9 billion

Crains Chicago also identified a number of people on the list who are not Illinoisians by address but still have strong ties to the state or Chicago area.

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Ken Griffin, a name recently tacked onto the title of Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, is not on the list of Illinois’ richest as he is a Florida resident. Despite his residency status, the founder and CEO of major hedge-fund Citadel has close links to the Chicago area.

Griffin’s net worth is $50.4 billion, landing him in the spot of 21st richest American, according to Forbes.

The Ricketts family, who own the Chicago Cubs, technically reside in Wyoming. Their net worth of $8.4 billion earns them a ranking of No. 163 on the overall list.

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Former Chicago Bulls player Michael Jordan is also on the list, with a net worth of $3.8 billion and an overall ranking at No. 389.

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