John Menard, Junior of Eau Claire is still the wealthiest person in Wisconsin. The annual Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans has Menard 47th, one spot lower than last year as the head of the Menards’ home improvement chain has a net worth of nine-point-nine-billion dollars. Herb Kohler, who chairs the Kohler Company of Sheboygan County, is 52nd, same as last year with a net worth of eight-point-five-billion. Diane Hendricks of A-B-C Supply in Beloit rose 28 places from last year to Number 122. James Cargill the Second of Birchwood, an heir to the Cargill food company, is 161st — four members of the S-C Johnson family of Racine are 186th — and Judy Faulkner of the Epic Systems medical record software firm in Verona, jumped more than 100 places to 219th.
