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See which Michiganders landed on the Forbes 2018 Billionaires list

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Forbes released their annual list of "The World's Billionaires" on Tuesday and several Michiganders made the list.

The top of the list is no surprise:

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  • Jeff Bezos (Amazon): $126.2B
  • Bill Gates (Microsoft): $91.3B
  • Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway): $87B
  • Bernard Arnault (LVMH): $75B
  • Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook): $72.7B
  • The youngest person on the list this year in Alexandra Andersen from Norway, coming in at No. 1579 on the list with a net worth of $1.5 billion.

    The top woman on the list is Alice Walton from Walmart with a net worth of $42.4 billion.

    As far as Michiganders come, there aren't a ton of surprises.

    Here are the world rankings for local figures:

    No. 242: Hank and Doug Meijer - $6.8 billion
    No. 274: Dan Gilbert - $6.3 billion
    No. 351: Richard DeVos - $5.4 billion
    No. 372: Marian Ilitch - $5.2 billion
    No. 382: Ronda Stryker - $5.1 billion
    No. 572: Tom Gores - $3.9 billion
    No. 703: John Brown - $3.3 billion
    No. 1103: William Young - $2.2 billion
    No. 1394: Roger Penske - $1.7 billion
    No. 1477: Manual Moroun - $1.6 billion
    No. 1561: Martha Ford - $1.5 billion
    No. 1867: Donald Foss - $1.2 billion

    Check out the full list from Forbes here.


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