Jewish Individuals are the Wealthiest in 11 out of 50 States
According to the recent infamous Pew study, overall, Jews make up about 2.2 percent of Americans. Despite this low number, 12 percent of all US Senators are Jewish in addition to 33 percent of current Supreme Court Justices. Now according to a new report by Wealth-X, the single wealthiest individual in 22 percent of States in America is Jewish.
Sheldon Adelson – Nevada
Theodore Lerner – Maryland
Richard Cohen – New Hampshire
Anita Zucker – South Carolina
Michael Bloomberg – New York
Micky Arison – Florida
Samuel Zell – Illinois
Michael Dell – Texas
Lawrence Ellison – California
Leslie Wexner – Ohio
David Tepper – New Jersey
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