33.1% of matchups won
260 matchups
Elo 1290
tracked 2025/05/15 → 2026/09/12
mission: Event-driven investments · High finance · billionaires
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing30%
picked as helping wellbeing
183 matchups
42%
picked as hurting wellbeing
77 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Known for
- $4B shorting subprime mortgages
- $5B hedge fund record
- $400M Harvard donation
- $100M Central Park donation
- $8.5M Success Academy fund
Based on 260 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/12. Full rankings ·
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