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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, attorney and philanthropist. He was vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett, from 1978 until his death in 2023. 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. In addition to his role at Berkshire Hathaway, Munger was a founding partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson; chairman of Wesco Financial Corporation from 1984 through 2011; chairman of the Daily Journal Corporation, based in Los Angeles, California; and a director of Costco Wholesale Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charlie Munger is the 121st most popular businessperson (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,385th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,121st in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Charlie Munger ranks 121 out of 847. Before him are David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Brian Epstein, Akio Morita, Jensen Huang, Christophe Plantin, and Ferdinand Piëch. After him are Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Louis Chevrolet, Thomas Cook, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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Among people born in 1924, Charlie Munger ranks 52. Before him are Francisco Macías Nguema, Robert Solow, Carroll O'Connor, Christopher Tolkien, Kim Song-ae, and Rauf Denktaş. After him are Georg Ratzinger, Ante Marković, Eduardo Chillida, Ed Wood, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Ahmadou Ahidjo. Among people deceased in 2023, Charlie Munger ranks 62. Before him are Burt Young, Glenda Jackson, László Sólyom, David McCallum, Cormac McCarthy, and Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. After him are Tom Wilkinson, Alain Touraine, Harry Markowitz, Matthew Perry, Dubravka Ugrešić, and Milan Milutinović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlie Munger ranks 1,385 out of 20,380. Before him are Cybill Shepherd (1950), Martha Washington (1731), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Robert Knepper (1959), Bugsy Siegel (1906), and Asher Brown Durand (1796). After him are Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Sherwood Anderson (1876), Paul Bremer (1941), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Butch Cassidy (1866), and George Davis Snell (1903).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Charlie Munger ranks 46. Before him are Chris Gardner (1954), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Kris Jenner (1955), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Paul Allen (1953), and Vincent J. McMahon (1914). After him are Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Ronald Wayne (1934), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Gordon Moore (1929), Roy O. Disney (1893), and Sam Walton (1918).

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