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Richard Bass

1929 - 2015

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Richard Daniel "Dick" Bass (December 21, 1929 – July 26, 2015) was an American businessman, rancher and mountaineer. He was the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the "Seven Summits", the tallest mountain on each continent. In 1985, he became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, aged 55. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Bass has received more than 350,033 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Bass is the 469th most popular businessperson (down from 446th in 2019), the 6,540th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,241st in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Richard Bass ranks 469 out of 601Before him are Teddy Mayer, Dmitry Rybolovlev, Lila Tretikov, Jay Gould, Stephen A. Schwarzman, and Ana Botín. After him are Steve Forbes, Sean Parker, Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Cuban, Will Keith Kellogg, and Steve Wynn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Richard Bass ranks 344Before him are Birgitta Trotzig, Ernesto Grillo, Germain Derycke, Zbigniew Messner, Alfredo Pérez, and Azzeddine Laraki. After him are Elizabeth Roemer, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Eliseo Prado, Beverly Sills, Len Deighton, and Nathalia Timberg. Among people deceased in 2015, Richard Bass ranks 276Before him are Elio Toaff, Revaz Chkheidze, Gunther Schuller, Melissa Mathison, Kayahan, and Claude Criquielion. After him are Roberto Tucci, Patricia Crone, Peter Gay, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Guru Josh, and Ibrahim Biogradlić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Bass ranks 6,540 out of 18,182Before him are Glenne Headly (1955), Richard Kind (1956), John O'Hara (1905), Kenny Drew (1928), Edward Ruscha (1937), and Gladys West (1930). After him are John Hammond (1910), Brian Setzer (1959), Dane DeHaan (1986), Sabrina Carpenter (1999), Edward Gibson (1936), and Sam Webb (1945).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Richard Bass ranks 156Before him are Eli Lilly (1838), Gregory Olsen (1945), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), Teddy Mayer (1935), Jay Gould (1836), and Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947). After him are Steve Forbes (1947), Sean Parker (1979), Sheryl Sandberg (1969), Mark Cuban (1958), Will Keith Kellogg (1860), and Steve Wynn (1942).