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Warren Buffett
vsbusiness · American investor and philanthropist (born 1930) · investor
Bill Gates
business · American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955) · entrepreneur
Business comparison
Level on all 3 scored measures — not enough collected to separate these two.
Only things won are scored. Grey rows are context.
Business record
- $117.2BNet worth$79.2B
- 1 yrYears leadingOverlapping roles counted once25 yrs
- 1Leadership rolesChief executive, chair and board seats1
- 1Prizes and honours15
Same awards
Awards both have received at least once.
- 1Presidential Medal of FreedomCounted from Wikidata, which can be incomplete1
Profile
- 95Age70
- 30 August 1930Born28 October 1955
- OmahaBirthplaceSeattle
- United StatesNationalityUnited States
- investor, entrepreneur, shareholderKnown asentrepreneur, programmer, computer scientist
- 64 yrsCareer span52 yrs
Coverage on ChronoCite
How much we have collected so far, not a measure of the figure.
- 125Entries189
- 17Quotes32
- 96Records145
- 12Reported claimsThird-party claims, shown with their rating12
- 2026Newest entry2026
Career counts come from each figure’s Wikipedia honours section and Wikidata claims. A dash means the source is silent; a zero means the source lists none.