Mark Shoen named the new richest person in Arizona
May 21, 2018, 12:16 PM | Updated: 3:20 pm
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PHOENIX — Forbes has released a list of the richest person in every state and has declared Arizona’s Mark Shoen the richest in the Copper State.
Shoen earned his $3.1 billion fortune through a limited partnership as the largest shareholder of Amerco, the parent company of U-Haul.
He earns an additional income as the owner of a private self-storage operation which does business with U-Haul.
Shoen overtook the top spot in Arizona after the death of Bruce Halle.
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Halle was the 144th-richest person in the world with a net worth of $4.6 billion when he died in January.
The Paradise Valley resident acquired his wealth as the founder of Discount Tire.
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According to Forbes, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos leapfrogged Bill Gates to claim the title not only of richest in the state, but richest in the world with a net worth of $132 billion.
The transition from Gates to Bezos was due to the surging price of Amazon stock.
There were six states in the study whose richest person held a net worth of less than $1 billion. Those states were New Mexico, Alaska, North Dakota, Alabama, Delaware and Vermont.
