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BILL GATES
QUESTION 1
BILL GATES
ELON MUSK
ELON MUSK
CARLOS SLIM
CARLOS SLIM
MARK ZUCKERBERG
MARK ZUCKERBERG
Which of the following billionaires has never
been the richest person in the world?
CORRECT!
Mark Zuckerberg, worth $97 billion, has been one of the ten richest people for six consecutive years, but never No. 1.
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Mark Zuckerberg, worth $97 billion, has been one of the ten richest people for six consecutive years, but never No. 1.
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MARK ZUCKERBERG
CORRECT ANSWER:
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JERRY JONES
JERRY JONES
ROBERT KRAFT
ROBERT KRAFT
STEVE BALLMER
STEVE BALLMER
MARK CUBAN
MARK CUBAN
QUESTION 2
Who is the wealthiest
sports team owner?
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CORRECT!
Los Angeles Clippers owner (and former Microsoft CEO)
Steve Ballmer is
worth $68.7 billion.
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Los Angeles Clippers owner (and former Microsoft CEO)
Steve Ballmer is
worth $68.7 billion.
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STEVE
BALLMER
CORRECT ANSWER:
JEFF BEZOS (AMAZON)
JACK MA (ALIBABA)
PIERRE OMIDYAR (EBAY)
Tobi Lutke (Shopify)
QUESTION 3
Which billionaire was famously rejected 30 times when applying for jobs, including by KFC, before founding an ecommerce giant?
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JEFF BEZOS (AMAZON)
PIERRE OMIDYAR (EBAY)
JACK MA (ALIBABA)
Tobi Lutke (Shopify)
CORRECT!
Alibaba founder Jack Ma also received 10 rejections from Harvard and went
on to amass a $48.4
billion fortune.
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Alibaba founder Jack Ma also received 10 rejections from Harvard and went
on to amass a $48.4
billion fortune.
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JACK MA
CORRECT ANSWER:
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY
LONDON
LONDON
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
BEIJING
BEIJING
QUESTION 4
This city boasts the most billionaire residents.
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CORRECT!
100 billionaires reside
in China’s capital,
followed by New York
City (97 billionaires)
and Hong Kong (80).
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100 billionaires reside
in China’s capital,
followed by New York
City (97 billionaires)
and Hong Kong (80).
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BEIJING
CORRECT ANSWER:
JAY-Z
JAY-Z
DIDDY
DIDDY
KANYE WEST
KANYE WEST
DR. DRE
DR. DRE
QUESTION 5
Who was the first rapper to join the World’s Billionaires list?
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CORRECT!
Jay-Z was first, thanks
to stakes in Uber,
SpaceX, Armand de Brignac and D’Ussé.
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Jay-Z was first, thanks
to stakes in Uber,
SpaceX, Armand de Brignac and D’Ussé.
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JAY-Z
CORRECT ANSWER:
WHITNEY WOLFE HERD
AUSTIN RUSSELL
AUSTIN RUSSELL
KYLIE JENNER
KYLIE JENNER
JOHN COLLISON
JOHN COLLISON
QUESTION 6
Who is currently the world’s youngest self-made billionaire*?
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WHITNEY WOLFE HERD
*as of April 2021
CORRECT!
Austin Russell, 26,
dropped out of Stanford
in 2012 to found lidar company Luminar.
He’s now worth $2.4 billion.
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Austin Russell, 26,
dropped out of Stanford
in 2012 to found lidar company Luminar.
He’s now worth $2.4 billion.
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AUSTIN
RUSSELL
CORRECT ANSWER:
BERNARD ARNAULT
BERNARD ARNAULT
AMANCIO ORTEGA
AMANCIO ORTEGA
GIORGIO ARMANI
GIORGIO ARMANI
Miuccia Prada
QUESTION 7
This billionaire’s luxury brands include Louis Vuitton,
Bulgari, Dom Perignon and Tiffany & Co.
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Miuccia Prada
CORRECT!
LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault is France’s richest person, worth $150 billion.
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LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault is France’s richest person, worth $150 billion.
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BERNARD
ARNAULT
CORRECT ANSWER:
EGYPT
EGYPT
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
NIGERIA
NIGERIA
KENYA
KENYA
QUESTION 8
Where does Aliko Dangote, the richest person in Africa, live?
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CORRECT!
Aliko Dangote, worth
$11.5 billion, lives in Lagos, where his cement and sugar companies help make Nigeria the largest economy in Africa.
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Aliko Dangote, worth
$11.5 billion, lives in Lagos, where his cement and sugar companies help make Nigeria the largest economy in Africa.
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NIGERIA
CORRECT ANSWER:
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
MacKenzie Scott
MacKenzie Scott
KANYE WEST
KANYE WEST
Alice Walton
Alice Walton
QUESTION 9
Which billionaire recently remarried
after a high-profile divorce from a fellow billionaire?
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Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
CORRECT!
MacKenzie Scott,
worth $53 billion, divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019, after
25 years. In 2021, she
wed Seattle science teacher Dan Jewett.
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MacKenzie Scott, worth $53 billion, divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019, after 25 years.
In 2021, she wed Seattle science teacher Dan Jewett.
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MACKENZIE SCOTT
CORRECT ANSWER:
RICHARD BRANSON
RICHARD BRANSON
ELON MUSK
ELON MUSK
LARRY ELLISON
LARRY ELLISON
NONE OF THE ABOVE
NONE OF THE ABOVE
QUESTION 10
Only one billionaire has flown to space. Who was it?
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CORRECT!
Musk and Branson own spaceflight companies, but the only billionaire to have left the atmosphere is early Microsoft employee Charles Simonyi, who paid $60 million for two space trips.
HOW DID YOU DO?
HOW DID YOU DO?
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Musk and Branson own spaceflight companies, but the only billionaire to have left the atmosphere is early Microsoft employee Charles Simonyi, who paid $60 million for two space trips.
HOW DID YOU DO?
HOW DID YOU DO?
NONE OF THE ABOVE
CORRECT ANSWER:
Poor—very poor.
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