These Are The Top 40 Richest People In Texas For 2019

Texas’s richest keep getting richer. Forbes released its 2019 edition of the Forbes 400 list, which ranks the wealthiest billionaires in America. Texas is home to 40 billionaires. Nationally, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos topped the list.

New York has the Hearsts. Nebraska has the Buffetts. Missouri has the Buschs.

Lesser-known nationally but well-known in Texas is the Duncan family of Houston – one of the wealthiest family in Texas. The Duncan family comprises the four children of the late pipeline mogul Dan Duncan. Each of them has an estimated net worth of $6.3 billion, CEOWORLD magazine says.

The children — Dannine Avara ($6.3 billion), Scott Duncan ($6.3 billion), Milane Frantz ($6.3 billion), and Randa Duncan Williams ($6.3 billion). 36-year-old Scott Duncan is the youngest billionaire in Texas.

Randa Duncan Williams is perhaps the most visible of the four Duncan heirs. Magazine recently listed Williams as the 11th wealthiest person in Texas. While the Duncans are worth $25.2 billion, their wealth doesn’t come close to that of Alice Walton of Fort Worth, the wealthiest person in Texas. The magazine estimates her net worth at $51.4 billion.

These are the top 40 wealthiest people in Texas for 2019

1. Alice Walton (No. 11): $51.4 billion
2. Michael Dell (No. 18): $32.3 billion
3. Andrew Beal (No. 48): $9.8 billion
4. Stanley Kroenke (No. 49): $9.7 billion
5. Jerry Jones (No. 56): $8.6 billion
6. Richard Kinder (No. 67): $7.5 billion
7. Ann Walton Kroenke (No. 67): $7.5 billion
8. Dannine Avara (No. 100): $6.3 billion
9. Scott Duncan (No. 100): $6.3 billion
10. Milane Frantz (No. 100): $6.3 billion
11. Randa Duncan Williams (No. 100): $6.3 billion
12. Robert Rowling (No. 119): $5.5 billion
13. Ray Lee Hunt (No. 27): $5.2 billion
14. Robert F. Smith (No. 131): $5 billion
15. Robert Bass (No. 140): $4.9 billion
16. Tilman Fertitta (No. 140): $4.9 billion
17. Kelcy Warren (No. 159): $4.3 billion
18. Bert Beveridge (No. 168): $4.2 billion
19. Margot Birmingham Perot (No. 168): $4.2 billion
20. Mark Cuban (No. 179): $4.1 billion
21. Dan Friedkin (No. 187): $4 billion
22. Janice McNair (No. 187): $4 billion
23. Jeffery Hildebrand (No. 207): $3.8 billion
24. David Bonderman (No. 217): $3.7 billion
25. Trevor Rees-Jones (No. 217): $3.7 billion
26. John Arnold (No. 261): $3.3 billion
27. Sid Bass (No. 275): $3.1 billion
28. John Paul DeJoria (No. 275): $3.1 billion
29. Thai Lee (No. 287): $3 billion
30. Joseph Liemandt (No. 287): $3 billion
31. W. Herbert Hunt (No. 333): $2.6 billion
32. Drayton McLane, Jr. (No. 333): $2.6 billion
33. Bill Austin (No. 355): $2.4 billion
34. George Bishop (No. 355): $2.4 billion
35. Ray Davis (No. 363): $2.3 billion
36. Gerald Ford (No. 363): $2.3 billion
37. Edward Bass (No. 370): $2.2 billion
38. Lee Bass (No. 370): $2.2 billion
39. H. Ross Perot, Jr. (No. 370): $2.2 billion
40. Brian Sheth (No. 370): $2.2 billion

The top 10 wealthiest people in America for 2019 are:

1. Jeff Bezos: $114 billion
2. Bill Gates: $106 billion
3. Warren Buffett: $80.8 billion
4. Mark Zuckerberg: $69.6 billion
5. Larry Ellison: $65 billion
6. Larry Page: $55.5 billion
7. Sergey Brin: $53.5 billion
8. Michael Bloomberg: $53.4 billion
9. Steve Ballmer: $51.7 billion
10. Jim Walton: $51.6 billion

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