WisBusiness: Wisconsin Has 7 of World’s 691 Billionaires

The collective net worth of the world’s 691 billionaires is $2.2 trillion, up $300 billion from the combined net worths of the 587 people listed last year. Wisconsinites on the latest Forbes list [rank, name, age, wealth in $ billions, home]:

144 John Menard Jr., 65, $3.8 billion, United States, WI , Eau Claire
306 Herbert Kohler & family, 66, $2.1 billion, United States , WI , Kohler
437 H Fisk Johnson, 46, $1.5 billion, United States , WI , Racine
437 Imogene Powers Johnson, 75, $1.5 billion, United States , WI , Racine
437 S Curtis Johnson, 49, $1.5 billion, United States , WI , Racine
437 Helen Johnson-Leipold, 48, $1.5 billion, United States , WI , Racine
584 William Kellogg, 61, $1.1 billion, United States , WI , Oconomowoc