When you think about wealthy people in Minnesota, who comes to mind? Maybe someone who owns a big company, has a hand in professional sports, or built a business that's become a household name.

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Since moving to Minnesota about a decade ago, I've learned there's a lot more money in this state than you might think. And some of the biggest fortunes aren't necessarily tied to people you'd recognize walking down the street, and some of them come from families and businesses that have been part of Minnesota for generations.

We're talking about people with Scrooge McDuck swim-in-your-money net worth... measured in the BILLIONS, not millions. That's a whole different level of financial success. I'm still trying to wrap my head around what I'd even do with that kind of money.

Stacker recently put together a ranking of the richest billionaires in Minnesota using data from Forbes. The list includes seven people with estimated fortunes of at least $1.1 billion, with the wealthiest coming in at nearly $3 billion.

Some live in the Twin Cities metro, while others call smaller Minnesota communities home. Here's a look at who's on the list, where they live, and just how much they're worth.

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