26.6% of matchups won
271 matchups
Elo 1243
tracked 2025/05/14 → 2026/10/17
mission: Media influence and expansion · Media and communications · billionaires
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing24%
picked as helping wellbeing
178 matchups
32%
picked as hurting wellbeing
93 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
Similar people
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Sumner Redstone
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25.9% wins · American businessman and media magnate (1923-2020)
02
Rupert Johnson, Jr.
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54.0% wins · American businessman
03
John C. Malone
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35.5% wins · American billionaire businessman, landowner and philanthropist
04
Donald Newhouse
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44.9% wins · American businessman
05
Michael Dorrell
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29.7% wins · Australian billionaire businessman
Known for
- Founded Fox News
- Acquired Wall Street Journal
- Developed global media empire
- Initiated phone hacking scandal
- Promoted conservative politics
Based on 271 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/17. Full rankings ·
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