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That's right, you read the headline. A new study from Money.co.uk claims that AEW President Tony Khan is the most beloved billionaire on planet Earth currently. The website issued the following details, including where Vince McMahon ranked:
AEW owner Tony Khan has been crowned the world's 'most loved' billionaire according to the 2021 Beloved Billionaire 100 from money.co.uk.
The study looked at over 1,500 of the worlds richest people, analyzing over 2 billion internet searches and more than 100,000 social media posts to find the most popular billionaire business tycoons.
The super-wealthy business leaders were then given a ranking based on the number of annual Google searches they received, combined with the % of social media posts about them that were positive.
The comprehensive study found AEW's Tony Khan to be the world's 'most loved' billionaire, with a massive 38% of all social media mentions of the 38 year old sport mogul being overtly positive, more than any other person on the list, beating household names including Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and WWE rival Vince McMahon who placed 7th on the list with a score of just 23%.
Key findings of the study were:
The top 10 'most loved' Billionaires in the world
| Billionaire | Social Sentiment (Positive %) |
|---|---|
| 1. Tony Khan | 39% |
| 2. Mackenzie Scott | 37% |
| 3. Elon Musk | 35% |
| 4. Bill Gates | 32% |
| 5. Warren Buffett | 31% |
| 6. David Tepper | 27% |
| 7. Vince Mcmahon | 23% |
| 8. Evan Spiegel | 22% |
| 9. Giovanni Ferrero | 21% |
| 10. Sergey Brin | 20% |
The World's most popular billionaires
In the combined search and sentiment rankings, both Tony Khan and Vince McMahon appeared in the top 10 for most popular billionaires in the world, with Khan placing two spots higher than the elder McMahon, ahead of Mark Zuckerberg, David Tepper and Twitter's Jack Dorsey.
Tesla's Elon Musk took the overall top spot for most popular billionaire, thanks in part to a staggering 64,677,930 annual searches, more than double the number two spot, Bill Gates.
| Beloved Billionaire Ranking | Net Worth | Famous For | Popularity Score | Worldwide Search | Social Sentiment (Positive %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Elon Musk | $201.7 B | Tesla, Spacex | 100 | 64,677,930 | 35% |
| 2. Bill Gates | $131.5 B | Microsoft | 87 | 31,023,210 | 32% |
| 3. Mackenzie Scott | $56.5 B | Amazon | 70 | 7,191,020 | 37% |
| 4. Warren Buffett | $101.5 B | Berkshire Hathaway | 70 | 10,353,810 | 31% |
| 5. Jeff Bezos | $195.4 B | Amazon | 59 | 38,800,260 | 16% |
| 6. Tony Khan | $8 bn | AEW | 55 | 670,750 | 39% |
| 7. Mark Zuckerberg | $125.3 B | 41 | 14,442,490 | 10% | |
| 8. Vince Mcmahon | $2.1 bn | WWE | 38 | 3,850,560 | 23% |
| 9. David Tepper | $15.8 B | Hedge Funds | 34 | 371,470 | 27% |
| 10. Jack Dorsey | $14.4 B | Twitter, Square | 32 | 4,714,630 | 18% |
The full study, including infographics and downloadable data, is available over on the study page below:
https://www.money.co.uk/current-accounts/beloved-billionaires.
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