Larry Ellison bought an entire island and Jeff Bezos owns a $78 million property there, but eBay's reclusive founder is Hawaii's richest resident

• Forbes has determined who the wealthiest resident in every US state is.  
• Despite all the big stars that flock to Hawaii, the elusive founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar takes the state's crown.
• Omidyar has given away $1.5 billion of his fortune since 2014.

America's elite have long turned to Hawaii as the ideal tropical paradise for their vacation homes.

Notable island neighbors include billionaires like Oprah Winfrey, Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, and Oracle founder Larry Ellison.