The pair of brothers at the helm of Meijer are the richest people in Michigan, according to Forbes. A dozen people from Michigan made it onto Forbes’ complete 2017 list of billionaires, released Monday. Hank and Doug Meijer are the richest among them, with a combined net worth of $7.2 billion, according to Forbes.
However, the Meijer brothers were far from the top of the list, coming in at No. 194. Microsoft founder Bill Gates was officially the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $86 billion, followed by followed by Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffet at $75.6 billion, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos at $72.8 billion, Spain’s Amancio Ortega at $71.3 billion and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at $56 billion.