This Is How Much Money The Wealthiest Person In Each State Makes

Harry Stine, Iowa

$3.8 billion in the agriculture industry isn't too bad. Stine is the son of a farmer and is now a CEO of Stine Seed Co, which licenses corn and soybean genetics. He was always fascinated with the process of seeds and planting and worked in his father's soybean cleaning business when he was young.

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