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Famous Billionaires

Can you name these famous billionaires based on a short clue?
Net worth according to Forbes real-time billionaires list, December 2023
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First submittedSeptember 14, 2011
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Rank
Net worth
Nationality
Clue
Billionaire
1
244 bil
Makes cars, rockets, and flamethrowers
Elon Musk
2
188 bil
Every time someone buys a Louis Vuitton handbag,
he gets slightly richer
Bernard Arnault
3
169 bil
Founder of Amazon.com
Jeff Bezos
4
148 bil
Founder of Oracle who loves yachts
Larry Ellison
5
119 bil
Investor called "The Oracle of Omaha"
Warren Buffett
6
118 bil
Co-founder of Microsoft
Bill Gates
7
115 bil
Founder of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
11
99 bil
A telephone monopoly made him, at one time,
the richest person in the world
Carlos Slim
12
97 bil
Founder of Zara who was, very briefly, the richest
person in the world
Amancio Ortega
13
96 bil
Former New York mayor who spent lots of money
on a failed bid to become President
Michael Bloomberg
15
93 bil
Owns the world's most expensive home –
a 173 meter tall private skyscraper in Mumbai
Mukesh Ambani
66
25 bil
Founder of Ali Baba
Jack Ma
79
22 bil
SoftBank CEO who is famous for making big bets
and losing huge amounts of money
Masayoshi Son
99
18 bil
Chairman of Fox
Rupert Murdoch
139
13 bil
Maker of stylish suits which bear his name
Giorgio Armani
442
6.2 bil
Dallas Mavericks owner and "Shark Tank" host
Mark Cuban
558
5.1 bil
Creator of "Star Wars"
George Lucas
584
4.8 bil
Director of "E.T." and "Saving Private Ryan"
Steven Spielberg
1071
2.9 bil
Founder of Virgin
Richard Branson
1114
2.8 bil
TV host who was the second richest African-American
of the 20th century
Oprah Winfrey
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65 Comments
DiscoBayGolfer
+5
Level 79
Mar 1, 2014
Could not for the life of me remember Berlusconi. Tried a variety of spellings and variations to no avail. Only one I missed.
Cooldrive
+3
Level 64
Jan 3, 2022
I feel terrible for you. I got it right first time.
freon22tec
+1
Level 58
Apr 29, 2014
Bill Gates 77.4.
ZMAF12
+2
Level 32
Apr 30, 2014
Bill Gates has reclaimed the top spot of World's Richest Man as of Forbes list this year.
kalbahamut
+8
Level 81
Jan 21, 2020
in spite of actively trying to give away all his money. It's really tough to not be rich in America, once you are.
Nyackjohn
+4
Level 79
Sep 13, 2014
I knew Berlusconi - ran out of time trying to spell it.
Jerry928
+37
Level 76
Jul 1, 2017
What was he like?
SundarIsaacs
+1
Level 58
Jul 1, 2017
:-)
HappiestWhale
+6
Level 78
Jan 21, 2020
Rich
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 75
Jan 9, 2022
touchy-feely
bestanford
+7
Level 72
Jan 9, 2022
Bunga bunga
toowise
+1
Level 79
Dec 6, 2023
I did meet him once, in a part of Milan airport reserved for private jet owners. I was working there setting up a mock-up display for the Cessna Citation X. He bought us all coffee, very nice man.
GoblinOfCooz
+2
Level 77
Dec 6, 2023
Wow, rest in peace. Still not over losing him
ProfessorA
+1
Level 19
Sep 25, 2014
Nailed it.Please check out my quizzes
Jerry928
+4
Level 76
Jul 1, 2017
Spelling: Buffett. I'm amazed after so many thousands have taken this quiz that no-one's noticed yet!
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 1, 2017
Fixed. Thanks!
WolfCam
+1
Level 66
Sep 24, 2017
Bill gates is no longer on top!
Pluckster10
+1
Level 34
Mar 25, 2018
Because you can always give Jeff Bezos more attention...
kenpo17
+2
Level 66
Sep 20, 2018
Elon Musk probably deserves to be on this list by now.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Jan 8, 2020
Added Musk.
MrBubbles
+1
Level 67
Jan 8, 2020
Jeff Bezos has a net worth of 113B$.
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Jan 8, 2020
And his ex-wife has a net worth of $37 billion. Crazy.
samiamco
+2
Level 68
Jan 9, 2020
She deserves it. She effectively co-founded Amazon with Jeff.
ChaosLord
+20
Level 76
Jan 9, 2022
No one on the planet deserves that much money. There's no such thing as deserving more money than you could possibly use in a lifetime.
roadrage
+2
Level 67
Jan 9, 2022
You see, it's comments like this that I don't understand. And if one brings up say Musk, Zuckerberg or even Gates or Jobs, people are quick to point out how they only got to where they are through their lying, scheming ways and taking advantage of people.

Ok fine, sometimes business is a dog eat dog world. And if you said some of them did shady things, I guess it's understandable.

But what about Lucas and Spielberg, are they also not deserving of their wealth?

DenAm
+13
Level 65
Jul 1, 2023
That's correct. Absolutely no one deserves billions of dollars.
CaptainUnderpant
+2
Level 80
Dec 8, 2023
Sometimes? Free market capitalism only exists if dogs eat other dogs, and the big dogs almost never lose. More power to you if you think two dudes who made some good movies deserve to be among the richest people who ever lived. For centuries it was kings and tyrants, now it's creepy dweebs like the Zuck who have houses in Lake Tahoe worth more than most of the country will make in their lives. Maybe that's progress.
Algernon
+7
Level 73
Jan 9, 2020
Can I suggest removing the "Dallas Mavericks owner and "shark tank" host" clue, as for a Brit, and possibly a non North American, that clue reads as 'Owns sports team you have never heard of and presents a TV show that isn't shown in your country."

I appreciate there is a limited pool of globally famous billionaires but that one is all but impossible for those of us from over the pond.

How about replacing it with someone like David Geffen, or James Dyson?

kalbahamut
+7
Level 81
Jan 21, 2020
Who the heck is James Dyson? Mark Cuban is more internationally famous.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 72
Jan 21, 2020
No he is not, never heard of cuban, and instantly knew who dyson was. Even if you dont know much about him himself, the vacuum cleaner with his name is pretty wellknown worldwide. (Wether or not you like vacuuming, which cant be said for cuban. There are some athletes than are known worldwide whether or not you like/watch sports. He is not one of them.)
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Jan 24, 2020
I've heard of Dyson vacuums but that doesn't mean I know who James Dyson is. Is James Dyson on a famous reality TV show and appear regularly on other talk shows? If I said, hey, haven't you ever heard of Junichi Honda before? Would you say that you had, simply because you know what a Honda Civic is? If so.. then you'd look silly because I just made that guy up. The founder of Honda was apparently a guy named Soichiro.

I don't like or watch sports at all. But I've seen Mark Cuban on TV. but honestly I don't really care I'm just giving Algernon grief because he posts the same whiny comment on every single quiz it seems. All based on his very limited and myopic point of view, i.e. if he doesn't know something, it must not be internationally famous, and if he does know something, well then it must be. This is obviously wrong.

CaptainUnderpant
+3
Level 80
Dec 8, 2023
Good thing none of your comments are whiny
Algernon
+3
Level 73
Jan 3, 2022
@biggus56 beat me to it Kal.

I’m not going to get into a slagging match on here, so let’s just ignore each other's comments. As John Lennon said, “it isn’t hard to do”

lucd13
+2
Level 70
Jan 9, 2022
As an Australian, I knew who Dyson is. Cuban kinda sorta rings a bell, maybe, but only through occasional references in sitcoms, etc. They don't tell me he's a billionaire, though.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jan 9, 2022
biggus beat Algernon to saying something blatantly wrong, but Al saw the need to pipe in that he was about to be wrong, too. Cool. I have never in my life made a habit of doing what I described above, and would have said nothing about Dyson if not to help illustrate - what I hope would be obvious to most - the fact that knowing about someone is a subjective measure of international celebrity. Internalize this fact, stop leaving such comments, and I'll immediately stop responding to them. Promise.
aloepottt
+2
Level 47
Dec 7, 2023
Cry about it
Findlay
+4
Level 81
Jan 11, 2020
Perhaps Gautam Adani? No Indians on the list. Also maybe a Russian? Roman Abramovich, perhaps?
jmellor13
+3
Level 67
Jan 21, 2020
You could include Michael Jordan, the only athlete to reach billionaire status. Tiger Woods might have gotten there if not for the...unpleasantness that sidelined him around 2010.
YellowJacket
+2
Level 79
Jan 21, 2020
That's a nice way to put it.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Dec 26, 2023
According to Forbes, as of October 2023, Woods is a billionaire, along with Jordan and Lebron James. It says Magic Johnson also recently became a billionaire, although, unlike the others, his wealth comes mostly from investments he made after his playing days ended. He "only" made about $100 million while he was playing.
NV1
+1
Level 51
Jan 21, 2020
What about Mukesh Ambani from India? He's richer than Michael Bloomburg.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jan 21, 2020
Im so out of the loop.. only got 9 and after seeing the answers, there was only one other name I recognized. Two of the ones I got were armani and berlusconi, would have thought their % would be higher (so that my answers would line up with the most guessed ones, never heard of the more guessed buffet for instance. But I guess the many american visitors of this site makes a difference in the results.)
Saralance
+3
Level 28
Jan 21, 2020
The fact that Sam Walton was not on there is a disgrace to the Southern community.
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 80
Dec 8, 2023
Yup because the thing that riles up Southerners most is when people snub Walmart
rawe
+1
Level 66
Jan 21, 2020
There's been some news stating that now Bernard Arnault is the richest man on Earth, surpassing Jeff Bezos.
BobSaget
+10
Level 78
Jan 22, 2020
This list is all the more reason why billionaires shouldn't be allowed to keep their money.
Baxtergrad
+6
Level 51
Dec 3, 2020
Communist
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Dec 23, 2023
Fascist
SukiKabuki
+2
Level 93
Jan 23, 2020
Hey JetPunk - I love your quizzes but not the sly political commentary. Please keep your opinions to yourself. Trivia should be non-partisan enjoyment. If I want to raise my blood pressure, I will do so by watching the news. Thanks.
kalbahamut
+13
Level 81
Jan 24, 2020
If any of the above clues raised your blood pressure you should probably seek medical attention.
SWATkun
+2
Level 59
Aug 4, 2020
Too America centric... Seriously no Mukesh Ambani?
JohnnyYeet
+3
Level 60
Aug 14, 2020
exactly... I read that Forbes lists him as the 5th richest person in the world, this quiz needs to be updated.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 6, 2023
Sure, added Ambani. He won't be highly guessed though.
leni
+4
Level 77
Nov 14, 2021
Definitely needs updating

Musk at the beginning of 2020 was at 29 billion and today (Nov 2021) he's at 279billion

Insane (and scary)

JackintheBox
+2
Level 81
Jan 9, 2022
The only reason I didn't get the Mexican was because I mistook the flag for the Italian flag!
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Jan 9, 2022
did you think that was a spaghetti sauce stain in the middle?
semisnotcolon
+3
Level 42
Jan 10, 2022
Still can’t believe the richest man in the UK named his company “Virgin”
kitsims
+1
Level 83
Dec 6, 2023
Branson isn't the richest man in the UK.
Gjberg
+2
Level 44
Jan 10, 2022
Who else got the founder of Ali Baba when trying to type Mark Zuckerburg
QuizApe
+1
Level 69
Jan 10, 2022
Elon Musk also has Canadian citizenship
SitzPinkler
+2
Level 70
Feb 2, 2022
Crazy that in just one month, so much has changed in the market. We're seeing the biggest drops since the beginning of the pandemic. Musk has lost over 30b in the last month, Zuckerberg will probably lose that much tomorrow. We saw Netflix fall 30% in a single day, and now Meta. Buffett, meanwhile, has made 6b in the past month, and the two Google Founders, 8b just today.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 6, 2023
Nearly two years later, and that's a distant memory as the market bids up big tech to bubble valuations once again.
jelqmaster
+2
Level 45
Apr 18, 2022
L cuz no Kanye
jedgeco
+3
Level 56
Dec 11, 2023
The actual richest person in the world, of course, is likely Vladimir Putin, who has amassed a vast, secret fortune by looting his country and the Russian people.
CAS1306
+1
Level 73
Dec 26, 2023
Based.
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