The Numbers Museum

Every specific figure ever claimed on the show. 37 match this view. Red rows are numbers the cited sources contradict.

All Dollars Multiples Percentages Big numbers

Figure	As spoken	The claim	Who	When	Checked?
10,000×	“10,000 times”	Buffett and Munger's biggest investment ideas generated 10,000x returns	David Senra	Sep 25, 2024	Supported
860×	“860 times”	Senra: In 1997 Intel generated 860 times more revenue than NVIDIA	David Senra	Oct 19, 2025	Supported
400×	“400 X”	Sam Zell Made a 400x Return on His Chicago Bulls Investment	David Senra	Oct 15, 2024	Not publicly verifiable
100×	“100 times”	Companies must always take bets offering a 10 percent chance of 100x payoffs	David Senra	May 21, 2025	—
100×	“hundred times”	United Rentals stock delivered over 100x returns since its $3.50 inception	David Senra	Dec 19, 2024	Supported
100×	“hundred times”	It Is Nearly Impossible to Overpay for Top-Tier Talent	David Senra	Oct 15, 2024	—
29×	“29 times”	Monty Moncrief Drilled 29 Consecutive Dry Wells Before Finally Striking Oil	David Senra	Apr 25, 2024	Partly supported
20×	“20 times”	Falcon 9 launches every 2-3 days and reuses boosters 20 times	David Senra	Mar 8, 2026	Supported
20×	“20 times”	Reusing a booster 20 times creates a steeper learning curve than manufacturing	David Senra	Mar 8, 2026	—
20×	“20 times”	Li Lu's fund capital grew 20x in 12 years after Munger partnership	David Senra	Sep 25, 2024	—
16×	“16 times”	Capital Cities Grew From 1/16th of CBS to 3x CBS's Market Value	David Senra	Apr 15, 2024	Supported
12×	“12 times”	High-quality companies earn 12x higher ROI than low-price competitors	David Senra	Mar 8, 2024	—
10×	“10 times”	Hopkins: Changing an ad's headline commonly multiplies returns five to ten times	David Senra	Aug 23, 2026	—
10×	“10 X”	Honda spent ten times the value of its assets on machine tools	David Senra	Jun 28, 2026	Partly supported
10×	“10 times”	NASA found SpaceX developed Falcon 9 for a fraction of legacy costs	David Senra	Mar 8, 2026	Supported
10×	“10 times”	Luxottica Increased Ray-Ban Sales Tenfold Following Its Acquisition	David Senra	Jul 14, 2025	Partly supported
10×	“10 X”	Nomad Investment Partnership Generated a 10x Return Over 14 Years	David Senra	Sep 26, 2024	Supported
10×	“10 times”	Texas Oil Discoveries Were Ten Times Larger Than the 1849 Gold Rush	David Senra	Apr 25, 2024	—
10×	“10 times”	Jobs: Animation expenses require editing a film before making it	David Senra	Mar 14, 2024	—
9×	“nine times”	Companies must always take bets offering a 10 percent chance of 100x payoffs	David Senra	May 21, 2025	—
9×	“nine times”	Jerry Jones Secured a Gas Contract Paying Nine Times Prior Producer Rates	David Senra	Mar 3, 2025	Partly supported
7×	“seven times”	Li Lu: Timberland stock appreciated 7x in two years after concentrated bet	David Senra	Sep 25, 2024	Supported
6×	“six times”	DeepMind's Annual Staff Costs Reached $260M Following Google Acquisition	David Senra	Apr 1, 2026	Supported
6×	“six X”	Nomad Sold Stagecoach at $0.90 Before It Rose Near Four Dollars	David Senra	Sep 26, 2024	Supported
6×	“six times”	Turner found colorized classic films drew six times more television viewers	David Senra	Apr 14, 2024	Supported
5×	“five times”	Brad Gilbert: Elite competitors define greatness by managing imperfect days	David Senra	Feb 4, 2026	—
5×	“five times”	Luxottica Launched a Hostile Takeover of a Conglomerate Five Times Its Size	David Senra	Jul 14, 2025	Partly supported
5×	“five times”	Patagonia restructured five times in five years during rapid expansion	David Senra	Mar 8, 2024	Supported
3×	“three times”	Schwarzenegger escalated training to six days weekly as a teenager	David Senra	Apr 19, 2026	—
3×	“three times”	IBM agreed to $60 million licensing deal with NeXT	David Senra	Jun 4, 2026	Partly supported
3×	“three times”	Opticians Charge Consumers 700% to 800% Markups on Prescription Lenses	David Senra	Jul 14, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Nvidia Used Simultaneous Design Teams to Ship Chips Every Six Months	David Senra	Jan 14, 2025	Supported
3×	“three times”	During the 1997 Crisis, Asian Stocks Dropped to 0.25x Replacement Cost	David Senra	Sep 26, 2024	Supported
3×	“three times”	George Lucas Made Three Times More Money on Toys Than Films	David Senra	May 2, 2024	Supported
3×	“three times”	Capital Cities Grew From 1/16th of CBS to 3x CBS's Market Value	David Senra	Apr 15, 2024	Supported
3×	“three times”	Senra quotes Munger: Investors intolerant of 50% drawdowns get mediocre returns	David Senra	Mar 2, 2024	—
3×	“three times”	Jay Gould was arrested three times but never served jail time	David Senra	Feb 1, 2024	Supported

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