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Charlie Munger

1924 - 2023

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Charles Thomas Munger (January 1, 1924 – November 28, 2023) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett. Buffett described Munger as his closest partner and right-hand man, and credited him with being the "architect" of modern Berkshire Hathaway's business philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlie Munger has received more than 6,377,782 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Charlie Munger is the 100th most popular businessperson (up from 210th in 2019), the 1,121st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,326th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 61.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Charlie Munger ranks 100 out of 847. Before him are Eusebi Güell, Bertha Benz, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Michele Ferrero, and Ferdinand Piëch. After him are Louis Chevrolet, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Christophe Plantin, Roy O. Disney, Solomon R. Guggenheim, and Ethan Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Charlie Munger ranks 50. Before him are Karmapa, Ed Wood, Luigi Nono, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Allan MacLeod Cormack, and Rauf Denktaş. After him are Israel Tal, Francisco Macías Nguema, James Black, Michel Tournier, Giovanni Sartori, and Ante Marković. Among people deceased in 2023, Charlie Munger ranks 75. Before him are Gordon Moore, Mary Quant, Elliott Erwitt, Roger Whittaker, Piper Laurie, and Albert Azaryan. After him are Amancio Amaro, Ivan Silayev, Leiji Matsumoto, Boniface Alexandre, Hans Modrow, and Robert Lucas Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlie Munger ranks 1,121 out of 20,380. Before him are Meg Ryan (1961), Shelley Duvall (1949), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Suzi Quatro (1950), James Gandolfini (1961), and Lawrence Klein (1920). After him are Richard F. Heck (1931), David Scott (1932), Elisha Otis (1811), Jim Belushi (1954), Donna Leon (1942), and Stanley Tucci (1960).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Charlie Munger ranks 32. Before him are Kris Jenner (1955), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Estée Lauder (1906), Paul Allen (1953), and Gordon Moore (1929). After him are Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Roy O. Disney (1893), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Ethan Allen (1738), Fred Trump (1905), and Christina Onassis (1950).

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