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Richard Bass

1929 - 2015

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Richard Daniel 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. He climbed with David Breashears and Nepalese sherpa Ang Phurba, surpassing the record by five years set in April of that year by Englishman Chris Bonington. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Bass is the 622nd most popular businessperson (down from 541st in 2024), the 9,711th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,519th in 2019) and the 216th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Richard Bass ranks 622 out of 847. Before him are Tim O'Reilly, Bruce Buck, Steve Forbes, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Alan Sugar, and Mira Murati. After him are Shuntaro Furukawa, Zhang Yiming, Vijay Mallya, Mark R. Hughes, Billy Beane, and Marc Faber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Richard Bass ranks 477. Before him are Rex Hartwig, Evert Gunnarsson, Irwin I. Shapiro, Ferdinand Oyono, Ali Mirzaei, and Jan Hertl. After him are Harry Blanchard, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Goffredo Parise, Utpal Dutt, Aulis Rytkönen, and Ahmed Kathrada. Among people deceased in 2015, Richard Bass ranks 416. Before him are Haskell Wexler, Maria Golubnichaya, Miloslava Misáková, Eric Thompson, Ellen Albertini Dow, and Peder Pedersen. After him are Catherine E. Coulson, Robert La Caze, Ann Rule, Sergio Caprari, Bruno Pesaola, and Toller Cranston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Bass ranks 9,713 out of 20,380. Before him are John Bell Hood (1831), Clare Boothe Luce (1903), Chris Paul (1985), Gregory R. Wiseman (1975), Yakima Canutt (1895), and Adele Goldstine (1920). After him are Kim Kashkashian (1952), Herman Chernoff (1923), Jon Turteltaub (1963), Teddy Pendergrass (1950), Rick Carlisle (1959), and Magic Slim (1937).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Richard Bass ranks 216. Before him are Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Sheryl Sandberg (1969), Howard Lutnick (1961), Irving Kristol (1920), Bruce Buck (1946), and Steve Forbes (1947). After him are Mark R. Hughes (1956), Billy Beane (1962), Richard DeVos (1926), Erik Prince (1969), Sam Altman (1985), and Jerry Sanders (1936).

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