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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 and engineer. As of May 2025, he is ranked as the 22nd richest man in the world on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of US$71.4 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. Charles and David each owned 42% of the conglomerate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Koch is the 93rd most popular businessperson (up from 260th in 2019), the 1,045th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,837th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Charles Koch ranks 93 out of 847. Before him are Mohamed Al-Fayed, Stan Kroenke, Liliane Bettencourt, Stanley Rous, Li Ka-shing, and Calouste Gulbenkian. After him are Jesse Livermore, Paul Reuter, Mukesh Ambani, Chris Gardner, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Louis Vuitton.

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Among people born in 1935, Charles Koch ranks 39. Before him are Harvey J. Alter, Mercedes Sosa, Bibi Andersson, Omar Bongo, Mylène Demongeot, and Gherman Titov. After him are Sylvia Earle, Jim Peebles, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Giya Kancheli, Miroslav Blažević, and Adnan Khashoggi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Koch ranks 1,045 out of 20,380. Before him are John Sherman (1823), Mark Hamill (1951), Neal Cassady (1926), Anne Baxter (1923), John B. Calhoun (1917), and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909). After him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Charlie Sheen (1965), Jesse Livermore (1877), Little Richard (1932), William T. G. Morton (1819), and Arthur Kornberg (1918).

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