See which Michiganders landed on the Forbes 2018 Billionaires list

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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