These Wisconsinites just landed on the latest Forbes' list of the richest people in the world
Multiple Wisconsin billionaires just landed on Forbes' newest list of the richest people in the world.
Across the U.S. there are a record 902 billionaires. China and India, respectively, are the countries that are home to the the second and third most billionaires worldwide.
Topping the list is billionaire Elon Musk, who's net worth totals $342 billion. Wisconsin billionaires John Menard Jr. and Diane Hendricks again landed on this year's list, which is a snapshot of the richest people globally as of April 2025. Here's a breakdown of the report.
Diane Hendricks chairs ABC Supply, one of the largest wholesale distributors of roofing, siding and windows across the country. Hendricks has a real-time net worth of $21.9 billion, up from $20.9 billion in 2024, according to Forbes.
Hendricks, who spoke during the Republican National Convention as an "everyday American," started the company in 1982 with her husband Ken, who died in 2007. ABC Supply has 702 locations across North American, according to its website.
The richest person in Wisconsin is John Menard, who owns the home improvement retailer Menards, which brings in an estimated $13 billion in sales from more than 340 stores. His real-time net worth dipped slightly from 2024 from $25.2 billion to $22.9 billion in 2025, according to Forbes.
Menard started his business in 1958, which was 20 years before Home Depot was founded, according to Forbes. An Eau Claire resident, Menard has also been involved in IndyCar racing since the 1980s, sponsoring the winning car at the 2019 Indy 500.
Judy Faulkner is the founder and CEO of the medical-record software provider Epic Systems, which supports the medical records of over 250 million patients, according to Forbes. Faulkner has a net worth of $7.7 billion, up from $7.4 billion in 2024, according to Forbes.
In 2015, Faulkner signed the Giving Pledge, agreeing to eventually give 99% of her assets to a private charitable foundation.
Helen Johnson-Leipold is an heir to family-owned SC Johnson, a cleaning products company. She is also the chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors, which sells outdoor gear. According to Forbes, she has a net worth of $4.7 billion, down from $5 billion last year.
Johnson-Leipold and her siblings pledged $150 million to Cornell in 2017 to fund the SC Johnson College of Business.
H. Fisk Johnson III is the chairman and CEO of SC Johnson. He is the fifth generation of the Johnson family to head the company. S.C. Johnson has $11.3 billion in estimated revenues for products such as Windex, Off! and Pledge, according to Forbes.
Fisk and his siblings are all shareholders of SC Johnson. S. Curtis Johnson is a great-great-grandson of Samuel Curtis Johnson, who founded the company. In 2014, S. Curtis Johnson was sentenced to four months in jail after pleading guilty to misdemeanor sexual assault.
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Elon Musk: $340.4 billion net worth
Jeff Bezos: $206.9 billion net worth
Mark Zuckerberg: $199.3 billion net worth
Larry Ellison: $175 billion net worth
Warren Buffett: $165.9 billion net worth
Bernard Arnault & family: $162 billion net worth
Larry Page: $129.3 billion net worth
Sergey Brin: $123.9 billion net worth
Amancio Ortega: $115.4 billion net worth
Steve Ballmer: $114.1 billion net worth
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Who are the richest people in Wisconsin? John Menard, Diane Hendricks
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