The IQ Score Warren Buffett Says You Need To Succeed (2024)
Billionaire investor of Berkshire Hathaway fame, Warren Buffett, believes the IQ score you need to be “successful” is no higher than 130 (via CNBC). But you’ll be relieved to hear that isn’t the sole trait that guarantees success. Especially considering the global average falls anywhere between 85 and 115.
So what is the secret ingredient?
The Oracle of Omaha largely attributes much of his own business wins to a steady temperament. Not intelligence.
“It’s a temperamental quality, not an intellectual quality, you don’t need tons of IQ in this business,” Buffett once explained when prompted about what makes a good investor.
“I mean you have to have enough IQ to get from here to downtown… but you do not have to be able to play three-dimensional chess or be in the top leagues in terms of bridge playing.”
“You need a stable personality, you need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd because this is not a business where you take polls. It’s a business where you think.”
He added: “As Ben Graham would say, you’re not right or wrong because a thousand people agree with you; and you’re not right or wrong because a thousand people disagree with you.”
In the forward of his aforementioned mentor/godfather of value investing Benjamin Graham’s seminal finance book, The Intelligent Investor, Warren Buffett echoed similar sentiments:
To invest successfully does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What’s needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding the framework.
Warren Buffett reportedly has an IQ of over 150 (anything past 140 is considered a genius), and while it has, no doubt, helped him become one of the world’s richest men, the lesson here is to value emotional intelligence (EQ) just as highly.
Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. While Washington, D.C. leaders fight over who's more intelligent, billionaire businessman Warren Buffett says there's a specific IQ score you need to succeed: 130.
Bill Gates' IQ is often estimated to be around 160.
It can be inferred from his early admission to Harvard University, his near-perfect SAT score, his achievements in creating and developing Microsoft, and his well-documented aptitude for mathematics and logical thinking from a young age.
IQ tests provide insight into an individual's cognitive ability. As mentioned earlier, Elon Musk's IQ score is believed to be between 155 and 160. Above-average IQ scores within this range are only reserved for the "Highly Gifted" IQ classification.
"Steve Jobs likely had an IQ roughly 160 or above. Near the end of 4th grade Jobs was tested. Jobs said: 'I scored at the high school sophom*ore level. ' This means he was a 4th grader performing at the 10th grade level.
According to some acclaimed websites, she is said to have an IQ of 160. As a matter of fact, she is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to sign at age 11.
What was the IQ of Albert Einstein? Sources usually put his IQ at 160. The highest possible attainable IQ also hovers between the 160-170 range. But there have been people with a supposed IQ above 200.
The average IQ of self-made deca-millionaires (over $10M net worth) is 118. The average IQ of self-made* billionaires is 133. The average IQ of self-made deca-billionaires (over $10B net worth) is 151. Of note, average incomes correlate well with IQ, however there is a much lower correlation between IQ and net wealth.
A bit of Googling revealed Einstein and Stephen Hawking are both said to have had IQs of around 160. That was when it started to sink in that it was "really quite impressive", Mr Bidwell said.
According to iq-tests.org, Kim Kardashian's estimated IQ is 119, which falls into the category of "high average" intelligence [1]. It is important to note that IQ scores can vary depending on the test and the methodology used, so this estimate should be taken with a grain of salt.
Nikola Tesla never had an IQ test, so any reports of his IQ are estimated. These estimates range from 160 to 300. Since his actual IQ can never be known, it is enough to say that he was a brilliant man who was able to learn eight languages and virtually memorize entire books after reading them one time.
Marilyn vos Savant (/ˌvɒs səˈvɑːnt/; born Marilyn Mach; August 11, 1946) is an American magazine columnist who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired.
Marie Curie is perhaps best known for her research on radioactivity, which led to the significant development of X-rays in surgery. With an IQ score ranging from 180 to 200, she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and the first person to win it twice in physics and chemistry.
An IQ of 78 is well below average but slightly above “developmentally disabled.” A person with an IQ of 78 will probably not be able to articulate so succinct and efficient a question as this OP, so I am confident that your IQ is considerably higher.
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