Meet Jonathan Nelson, the richest man in Rhode Island. Jonathan is the founder and CEO of the Providence based, Providence Equity Partners, and he was recently placed on the The Richest Person In America’s 50 Largest Cities list released by forbes.com on January 19,2016. Nelson is an RI native, he attended Brown University where he completed his Bachelors of Science in Economics before moving on to Harvard Business School for his Masters Degree in Business Administration. He still currently resides in the city and was crowned “Richest Person in Providence” with a net worth of $2 billion.