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Charles Koch

1935 - Today

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Charles de Ganahl Koch ( KOHK; born November 1, 1935) is an American billionaire businessman. As of February 2024, he was ranked as the 23rd richest man in the world on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of $64.9 billion. Koch has been co-owner, chairman, and chief executive officer of Koch Industries since 1967, while his late brother David Koch served as executive vice president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Koch has received more than 5,401,125 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Charles Koch is the 260th most popular businessperson (up from 356th in 2019), the 2,837th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,399th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 61.44

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Charles Koch ranks 260 out of 847. Before him are Howard Schultz, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Ramón Calderón, Georgios Sinas, Rex Tillerson, and Horacio Pagani. After him are Jack Tramiel, Jimmy Lai, Shibusawa Eiichi, Yves Rocher, King C. Gillette, and Ivy Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Charles Koch ranks 141. Before him are Orlando Peçanha, Esther Vilar, Wang Hongwen, Tamara Smirnova, Helmut Lachenmann, and Inger Christensen. After him are Kenneth Tsang, Hans Tilkowski, Oleg Tabakov, Yakov Sinai, Ludmila Belousova, and Jack Welch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Koch ranks 2,837 out of 20,380. Before him are William P. Rogers (1913), Nick Castle (1947), Ronny Cox (1938), Jessica Biel (1982), LP (1981), and Bob Cousy (1928). After him are Angelo Dundee (1921), Michael Bolton (1953), Bea Arthur (1922), Gene Krupa (1909), Lindsay Wagner (1949), and John Roberts (1955).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Charles Koch ranks 82. Before him are Edsel Ford (1893), David Packard (1912), John Warnock (1940), Eric Schmidt (1955), Howard Schultz (1953), and Rex Tillerson (1952). After him are King C. Gillette (1855), Ivy Lee (1877), Bob Iger (1951), Jack Welch (1935), Melinda Gates (1964), and Hetty Green (1834).

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