CT ups its billionaire count

Connecticut’s billionaire-club just got a bit larger.

The Nutmeg State has 16 billionaires, up from 15 last year, Forbes said Monday in its annual ranking of the world’s wealthiest.

Ray Dalio, founder of Westport hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, remains the richest Connecticut resident (and 29th in the United States), with a net worth of $15.4 billion.

Vince McMahon, CEO of Stamford’s World Wrestling Entertainment, fell off this year’s list, which added two new comers: Lucy Stitzer and William Berkley.

Stitzer, who inherited a stake in Cargill, is worth $1.6 billion, while Berkley, founder of insurer W.R. Berkley Corp., has $1.1 billion, according to Forbes.

Forbes’ complete list of Connecticut’s billionaires:

• Ray Dalio, Greenwich, Bridgewater Associates, $15.4 billion
• Steve Cohen, Greenwich, Point72 Asset Management, $11.4 billion
• Thomas Peterffy, Greenwich, Interactive Brokers, $10.9 billion
• Paul Tudor James III, Greenwich, BVI Global Fund, $4.6 billion
• Karen Pritzker, Branford, Hyatt hotel chain heiress, $4.3 billion
• Andreas Halvorsen, Darien, Viking Global Investors, $2.8 billion
• Peter Buck, Danbury, Subway co-founder, $2.7 billion
• Stephen Mandel Jr., Greenwich, Lone Pine Capital, $2.3 billion
• C. Dean Metropoulos, Greenwich, C. Dean Metropoulos and Co., $2.28 billion
• Mario Gabelli, Greenwich, Gamco founder, $1.7 billion
• Alexandra Daitch, Lyme, Cargill investor, $1.6 billion
• Lucy Stitzer, Greenwich, Cargill investor (and Daitch’s sister), $1.6 billion
• William Macaulay, Greenwich, First Reserve, $1.3 billion
• Richard Chilton Jr., Darien, Chilton Investment Co., $1.2 billion
• William Berkley, Greenwich, founder of W.R. Berkley Corp., $1.1 billion
• Robert Citrone, Southport, Discovery Capital Management, $1 billion