For the first time ever, Forbes reveals the richest person in each of America’s 50 largest cities. You’ll recognize some of the top people, like Bill Gates (Seattle) and Phil Knight (Portland).

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48. Click through the gallery to meet this year’s 50 biggest restaurant chains, and keep coming back to NRN.com all month long for more data and analysis on the full Top 500.

Surge Cities Scores are calculated for the largest 50 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the United States, according to February 28, 2013, Office of Management and Budget criteria.