Billionaires

The good news is his family will still have no problems paying the mortgage. The bad news is there are reports that Illinois' richest man's family just lost a staggering $6 billion dollars. Yes, that's billion with a "B".

As the calendar turns from 2024 to 2025, there's one person in Missouri that will not be suffering from inflation as the net worth has zoomed to a staggering $9.3 billion dollars.

There's rich and then there's RICH. This is that second one. Did you know that the richest man and woman in Missouri are now worth more than $8 billion dollars each? The official real-time wealth tracker confirms it.

This is some of the hardest math I've done in my life. I got curious about how the wealthiest people in the world compare to the richest in Missouri. Would you believe the richest dude I could find anywhere around the globe is apparently more than 25 times wealthier than Missouri's top guy?

What happens when you come upon a problem? Hopefully, best case scenario is you find a good solution. For one Missouri glassblower, the problem that challenged him resulted in a quest that led him on a journey where he beat Amazon and became a billionaire.

It is a simple question, but it is extremely hard to answer, who is the richest man in the Land of Lincoln?