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9 Connecticut Residents Make Forbes 400 List

Casey Rodgers
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Invision for 2K via AP
WWE Chairman and CEO Mr. McMahon welcomes guests to the WWE 2K14 press event, in 2013 in Los Angeles.

Forbes’ 2018 list of America’s 400 Richest People includes nine Connecticut residents. That’s two more than last year.

The new additions to the list are World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon, worth $3.3 billion, and head of XPO Logistics, Bradley Jacobs, worth $2.7 billion.

The combined net worth of the nine billionaires totals $53 billion.

Connecticut’s richest billionaire, worth $18.1 billion is Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund company. He ranks 25th on the overall list.

The richest in the country is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, worth $160 billion.