Texas Billionaires

This year's Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans is replete with Texans, 42 to be exact. Their average is is 65 and a half and their average net worth is $2.9 billion. Just 42.8 percent of these billionaire Texans got their money from energy or energy related endeavors.

Below is the list of Texas, with hyperlinks to their individual profiles on Forbes.com. .:.


Texas Rank.....Overall Ranking.....Source of Wealth.....URL

1.....6.....Retail.....Alice Walton
2.....13.....Tech/Telecom.....Michael Dell
3.....30.....Energy.....Dan Duncan
4.....52.....Finance.....Andrew Beal
5.....64.....Energy.....Robert Rowling
6.....65.....Retail.....John Paul DeJoria
7.....65.....Energy.....Robert M. Bass
8.....65.....Retail.....Charles Butt
9.....80.....Finance.....Harold Simmons
10.....85.....Tech/Telecom.....Henry Ross Perot
11.....91.....Finance.....John Arnold
12.....94.....Energy.....Richard Kinder
13.....97.....Energy.....Ray Lee Hunt
14.....123.....Real Estate.....Richard Rainwater
15.....139.....Media/Entertainment.....Mark Cuban
16.....158.....Energy.....George Phydias Mitchell
17.....158.....Energy.....Timothy Headington
18.....158.....Energy.....Lee Bass
19.....158.....Energy.....Sid Bass
20.....196.....Media/Entertainment.....Jerral Jones
22.....204.....Finance.....David Bonderman
23.....220.....Retail.....Thomas Friedkin
24.....236.....Legal.....Joseph Jamail
25.....236.....Energy.....Jeffrey Hildebrand
26.....236.....Energy.....Trevor Rees-Jones
27.....236.....Energy.....Edward Bass
28.....272.....Retail.....Drayton McLane Jr.
29.....289.....Finance.....Gerald J. Ford
30.....289.....Energy.....Kelcy Warren
31.....296.....Media/Entertainment.....B.J. (Red) McCombs
32.....317.....Tech/Telecom.....Henry Ross Perot Jr.
33.....326.....Media/Entertainment.....Todd Wagner
34.....326.....Energy.....Robert McNair
35.....341.....Energy.....Kenneth Adams Jr.
36.....341.....Energy.....T. Boone Pickens
37.....347.....Food.....Christopher (Kit) Goldsbury
38.....366.....Energy.....William (Tex) Moncrief Jr.
39.....371.....Tech/Telecom.....Kenny Troutt
40.....371.....Finance.....Thomas Hicks
41.....371.....Energy.....Ray C. Davis
42.....399.....Finance.....Sam Wyly