| 80% | “80%” | Independent Wildcatters Discover 80% of US Oil Despite Scavenging Incumbent Rejects | David Senra | Apr 25, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $30B | “thirty billion dollars” | Brad Jacobs completed 500 acquisitions and raised $30 billion in outside capital | David Senra | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $2.5B | “2.5 billion dollars” | Brad Jacobs sold United Waste Systems for $2.5 billion in 1997 | David Senra | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 2.5B | “a half a billion” | Brad Jacobs took a $500 million loss on road rentals to pivot | David Senra | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Brad Jacobs generated a $4B profit on an unprecedented stock buyback | David Senra | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $6B | “six billion dollars” | Brad Jacobs generated a $4B profit on an unprecedented stock buyback | David Senra | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Brad Jacobs generated a $4B profit on an unprecedented stock buyback | David Senra | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | United Rentals reached $1B revenue in 13 months; Hertz took 37 years | David Senra | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Mateschitz took up to $800M annually in Red Bull dividends | David Senra | Apr 20, 2024 | Supported |
| 800M | “eight hundred million” | Mateschitz took up to $800M annually in Red Bull dividends | David Senra | Apr 20, 2024 | Supported |
| $30B | “thirty billion dollars” | Mateschitz took up to $800M annually in Red Bull dividends | David Senra | Apr 20, 2024 | Supported |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Red Bull funded its $200M annual F1 costs directly from income | David Senra | Apr 20, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 2% | “two percent” | Red Bull was founded with $500K investments and a 49/49 equity split | David Senra | Apr 20, 2024 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Mateschitz: Small Price Premiums Fail to Create Distinct Product Categories | David Senra | Apr 20, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Red Bull spends over 30% of gross revenue on advertising | David Senra | Apr 20, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 33M | “thirty three million” | Red Bull sold 33M cans in Germany within three months of launch | David Senra | Apr 20, 2024 | Supported |
| 15M | “fifteen million” | Slaves made up one third of the Roman Empire's population | David Senra | Apr 19, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Dior Sold Over 100,000 Dresses in Its First Decade | David Senra | Apr 18, 2024 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Steve Jobs: A Startup's First Ten Hires Determine Its Success | David Senra | Apr 18, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Steve Jobs: A Startup's First Ten Hires Determine Its Success | David Senra | Apr 18, 2024 | — |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Les Schwab heirs sold the tire company for a rumored $3 billion | David Senra | Apr 17, 2024 | Supported |
| 1% | “a percent” | The McDonald brothers' original buyout contract guaranteed 0.5% of all future sales | David Senra | Apr 17, 2024 | Supported |
| 80M | “eighty million” | Les Schwab grew from $180M in 1985 to $1.8B in 2018 | David Senra | Apr 17, 2024 | Supported |
| $1.8B | “1.8 billion dollars” | Les Schwab grew from $180M in 1985 to $1.8B in 2018 | David Senra | Apr 17, 2024 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Steve Jobs: A startup's first 10 hires completely determine its success | David Senra | Apr 17, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Steve Jobs: A startup's first 10 hires completely determine its success | David Senra | Apr 17, 2024 | — |
| $1.4M | “1.4 million dollars” | Senra: Charlie Munger Accumulated $1.4M From Real Estate Development by 1964 | David Senra | Apr 16, 2024 | Supported |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Senra: Charlie Munger's Law Firm Generates Around $500M in Annual Revenue | David Senra | Apr 16, 2024 | Contradicted |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Buffett's stock buyback advice generated $1B for Washington Post shareholders | David Senra | Apr 16, 2024 | Supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Munger: Almost everyone underestimates how incentives drive behavior | David Senra | Apr 16, 2024 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Steve Jobs: A startup's first 10 hires determine whether it succeeds | David Senra | Apr 16, 2024 | — |
| 16× | “16 times” | Capital Cities Grew From 1/16th of CBS to 3x CBS's Market Value | David Senra | Apr 15, 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 |
| 4M | “a three million” | Evaluate New Hires As Multi-Million-Dollar Commitments, Not Annual Salaries | David Senra | Apr 15, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Tom Murphy Bought Back Nearly 50% Of Capital Cities' Outstanding Shares | David Senra | Apr 15, 2024 | Supported |
| $3.5B | “3.5 billion dollars” | Capital Cities' $3.5B ABC Buyout Was History's Largest Non-Energy Deal | David Senra | Apr 15, 2024 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Dan Burke Cut ABC's TV Oversight Staff From 60 To Eight | David Senra | Apr 15, 2024 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Capital Cities' Major Acquisitions Each Equaled 25% Of Its Market Cap | David Senra | Apr 15, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.8B | “1.8 billion” | Capital Cities Generated 22.4% Returns Over 19 Years On $1.8B In Buybacks | David Senra | Apr 15, 2024 | Supported |
| 22.4% | “22.4%” | Capital Cities Generated 22.4% Returns Over 19 Years On $1.8B In Buybacks | David Senra | Apr 15, 2024 | Supported |
| $8B | “eight billion dollars” | Ted Turner lost $8 billion in 30 months after the AOL merger | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $10B | “ten billion dollars” | Ted Turner lost $8 billion in 30 months after the AOL merger | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| 75% | “75%” | Ted Turner acquired a $1 million billboard company with zero cash down | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $10B | “Ten billion dollars” | Autocratic founders who sell their businesses risk successors destroying asset value | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Turner bought the Atlanta Braves for $10M with $1M down | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Turner bought the Atlanta Braves for $10M with $1M down | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Turner found colorized classic films drew six times more television viewers | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Turner sold his Charlotte TV station for $20M to fund CNN | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Turner sold his Charlotte TV station for $20M to fund CNN | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $20M | “twenty million dollars” | Turner sold his Charlotte TV station for $20M to fund CNN | David Senra | Apr 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Gagosian generates over $1 billion annually across 19 wholly owned galleries | David Senra | Apr 12, 2024 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Directors at Gagosian Gallery earn 10% of the profit on art sales | David Senra | Apr 12, 2024 | Supported |
| $15M | “fifteen million dollars” | Gagosian made $15 million in a single night selling Cy Twombly paintings | David Senra | Apr 12, 2024 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Gagosian made $15 million in a single night selling Cy Twombly paintings | David Senra | Apr 12, 2024 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Public auctions account for less than 20% of the global art market | David Senra | Apr 12, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 1B | “a billion” | Jimmy Buffett Built a Billion-Dollar Fortune and Earned $70M Annually | David Senra | Apr 10, 2024 | Supported |
| $70M | “seventy million dollars” | Jimmy Buffett Built a Billion-Dollar Fortune and Earned $70M Annually | David Senra | Apr 10, 2024 | Supported |
| 99% | “99%” | 99% of Warren Buffett's Wealth Was Accumulated After Age 50 | David Senra | Apr 10, 2024 | Supported |
| $2.2B | “2.2 billion dollars” | Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Empire Generated $2.2 Billion in 2022 Sales | David Senra | Apr 10, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 400M | “four hundred million” | Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Empire Generated $2.2 Billion in 2022 Sales | David Senra | Apr 10, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $800M | “eight hundred million dollars” | Jimmy Buffett Earned Over $800 Million From Live Touring | David Senra | Apr 10, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 70% | “70%” | Bezos: Most decisions should be made with 70% of desired information | David Senra | Apr 8, 2024 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Bezos: Most decisions should be made with 70% of desired information | David Senra | Apr 8, 2024 | — |
| 77% | “77%” | Physical Media Generated Over 70% of Amazon's Revenue in 2003 | David Senra | Apr 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | David Senra discards over 90 percent of his podcast research notes | David Senra | Apr 5, 2024 | — |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Senra: Jobs paid $5M for Lucasfilm division, $5M to fund Pixar | David Senra | Apr 4, 2024 | Supported |
| 54M | “fifty four million” | Senra: Jobs invested $54M of personal net worth into Pixar | David Senra | Apr 4, 2024 | Supported |
| 90M | “ninety million” | Senra: Jobs invested $54M of personal net worth into Pixar | David Senra | Apr 4, 2024 | Supported |
| 120M | “a hundred twenty million” | Senra: Microsoft offered $90 million to buy Pixar | David Senra | Apr 4, 2024 | Supported |
| 90M | “ninety million” | Senra: Microsoft offered $90 million to buy Pixar | David Senra | Apr 4, 2024 | Supported |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | The Comstock Lode produced approximately $400 million over 30 years | David Senra | Mar 30, 2024 | Supported |
| $6M | “six million dollars” | The Original Terminator Made $78 Million on a $6 Million Budget | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| 78M | “seventy eight million” | The Original Terminator Made $78 Million on a $6 Million Budget | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| 7M | “a six million” | The Original Terminator Made $78 Million on a $6 Million Budget | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| 7.5M | “7.5 million” | Cameron Built the World's Largest Underwater Movie Set for The Abyss | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| 13M | “a twelve million” | Carolco Pictures Gave Arnold Schwarzenegger a $12M Jet for Terminator 2 | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Cameron Signed a $500M Deal with Fox Granting Greenlight Autonomy | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| $70M | “seventy million dollars” | Cameron Signed a $500M Deal with Fox Granting Greenlight Autonomy | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| $15M | “fifteen million dollars” | IBM Took a 50% Stake in Digital Domain for $15M | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | IBM Took a 50% Stake in Digital Domain for $15M | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Titanic Held Number One for 16 Weeks and Grossed $2 Billion | David Senra | Mar 29, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 40M | “forty million” | Gaston Glock moved $40M to Swiss accounts hours after an assassination attempt | David Senra | Mar 26, 2024 | Supported |
| 65% | “65%” | Glock achieved 65% gross margins compared to rivals' 5 to 20% | David Senra | Mar 26, 2024 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Glock achieved 65% gross margins compared to rivals' 5 to 20% | David Senra | Mar 26, 2024 | Supported |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Junius Morgan made estimated $450M modern equivalent underwriting French post-war debt | David Senra | Mar 25, 2024 | Supported |
| $1.5B | “half a billion dollars” | Rockefeller transferred nearly $500 million to his children by 1922 | David Senra | Mar 25, 2024 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Ogilvy: Clients must optimize 85% media spend, not 15% agency fees | David Senra | Mar 24, 2024 | — |
| 85% | “85%” | Ogilvy: Clients must optimize 85% media spend, not 15% agency fees | David Senra | Mar 24, 2024 | — |
| 3M | “Three million” | Ogilvy: Advertisers pitch to a moving parade, not a standing army | David Senra | Mar 24, 2024 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Ogilvy: Headlines account for 80 percent of an advertisement's total value | David Senra | Mar 24, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Senra: Atari founder Nolan Bushnell rejected 30% of Apple for $50,000 | David Senra | Mar 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $70M | “seventy million dollars” | Senra: Jobs had $70M upon leaving Apple, equal to $200M today | David Senra | Mar 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Senra: Jobs had $70M upon leaving Apple, equal to $200M today | David Senra | Mar 14, 2024 | Supported |
| $60M | “sixty million dollars” | Senra: Steve Jobs personally invested $60 million to keep Pixar alive | David Senra | Mar 14, 2024 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Jobs: Animation expenses require editing a film before making it | David Senra | Mar 14, 2024 | — |
| 10× | “10 times” | Jobs: Animation expenses require editing a film before making it | David Senra | Mar 14, 2024 | — |
| $40B | “forty billion dollars” | Sam Zell sold his company for almost $40 billion | David Senra | Mar 11, 2024 | Supported |
| $40B | “forty billion dollars” | Elite builders study history while building, not just after becoming wealthy | David Senra | Mar 11, 2024 | — |
| $25M | “twenty-five million dollars” | The $25 million Ritz Hotel sold for $725,000 during the Depression | David Senra | Mar 11, 2024 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Zeckendorf turned a $10M property into $15M by valuing components separately | David Senra | Mar 11, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 15M | “fifteen million” | Zeckendorf turned a $10M property into $15M by valuing components separately | David Senra | Mar 11, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Howard Hughes rejected William Zeckendorf's $500 million acquisition offer | David Senra | Mar 11, 2024 | Supported |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Howard Hughes rejected William Zeckendorf's $500 million acquisition offer | David Senra | Mar 11, 2024 | Supported |
| 1% | “one percent” | Senra: Chouinard Equipment operated at a one percent profit margin | David Senra | Mar 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 75% | “75%” | Chouinard Equipment held 75% climbing hardware share with little profit | David Senra | Mar 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 28% | “28%” | Patagonia was offered 28% interest financing from a Mafia connection | David Senra | Mar 8, 2024 | — |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Patagonia grew annual sales from $20M to $100M from 1980s to 1990s | David Senra | Mar 8, 2024 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Patagonia grew annual sales from $20M to $100M from 1980s to 1990s | David Senra | Mar 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Patagonia restructured five times in five years during rapid expansion | David Senra | Mar 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 12× | “12 times” | High-quality companies earn 12x higher ROI than low-price competitors | David Senra | Mar 8, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Boussac was France's largest bankruptcy, losing 100 million francs monthly | David Senra | Mar 5, 2024 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Arnault turned the failing Boussac conglomerate into $100M cash flow quickly | David Senra | Mar 5, 2024 | Supported |
| 51% | “51%” | Cascading 51% stakes allow investors to control large companies with minimal capital | David Senra | Mar 5, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | LVMH shares dropped 50% following the October 1987 stock market crash | David Senra | Mar 5, 2024 | Supported |
| 22% | “22%” | By 1987, Moët Hennessy's founding families controlled just 22% of equity | David Senra | Mar 5, 2024 | Supported |
| 3.3B | “3.3 billion” | Arnault raised 3.3 billion francs by restructuring Dior to buy LVMH | David Senra | Mar 5, 2024 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Blue Chip Stamps float reached roughly $100 million by the late 1970s | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Munger's independent fund returned nearly 25% annually over 14 years | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Munger's independent fund returned nearly 25% annually over 14 years | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 61% | “61%” | Charlie Munger's Fund Held 61% of Assets in Blue Chip Stamps | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 48M | “forty eight million” | Berkshire Hathaway's Net Income Grew from $148M to ~$24B (1984–2016) | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 24B | “twenty four billion” | Berkshire Hathaway's Net Income Grew from $148M to ~$24B (1984–2016) | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| $1.3B | “1.3 billion dollars” | Berkshire's $1.3B Coca-Cola stake grew past $17B, yielding $528M annually | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 28M | “twenty eight million” | Berkshire's $1.3B Coca-Cola stake grew past $17B, yielding $528M annually | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.3B | “1.299 billion” | Berkshire's $1.3B Coca-Cola stake grew past $17B, yielding $528M annually | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Berkshire's $1.3B Coca-Cola stake grew past $17B, yielding $528M annually | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| $80M | “eighty million dollars” | Munger turned a single Barron's idea into $400M with Li Lu | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| $500M | “five hundred million dollars” | Munger turned a single Barron's idea into $400M with Li Lu | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 45M | “forty five million” | Senra: Costco saves roughly $45 million annually by omitting bags | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Berkshire discovered See's Candies could raise prices 10% without losing customers | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Senra quotes Munger: Investors intolerant of 50% drawdowns get mediocre returns | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Senra quotes Munger: Investors intolerant of 50% drawdowns get mediocre returns | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Senra: Reading Business Biographies Functions Like Studying Game Film for Operators | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Munger: The historical eclipse rate of great civilizations is 100% | David Senra | Mar 2, 2024 | — |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Daniel Ludwig was estimated to be worth $3 billion in 1986 | David Senra | Feb 23, 2024 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | The post-WWI US Shipping Board required only 10% down for surplus ships | David Senra | Feb 23, 2024 | Supported |
| 4M | “four million” | Ludwig's Baja venture produced four million tons of solar salt annually | David Senra | Feb 23, 2024 | Supported |
| $46M | “forty six million dollars” | Ludwig earned a $46 million profit flipping a public oil stock | David Senra | Feb 23, 2024 | Supported |
| 46M | “forty six million” | Ludwig earned a $46 million profit flipping a public oil stock | David Senra | Feb 23, 2024 | Supported |
| $20B | “twenty billion dollars” | HP computer sales grew from zero in 1964 to $20B in 1994 | David Senra | Feb 19, 2024 | Supported |
| 20B | “twenty billion” | HP computer sales grew from zero in 1964 to $20B in 1994 | David Senra | Feb 19, 2024 | Supported |
| 25M | “twenty five million” | HP computer sales grew from zero in 1964 to $20B in 1994 | David Senra | Feb 19, 2024 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Jay Gould was arrested three times but never served jail time | David Senra | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| $15M | “fifteen million dollars” | Jay Gould left his children $65 million when he died in 1892 | David Senra | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Jay Gould left his children $65 million when he died in 1892 | David Senra | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| $2.5M | “2.5 million dollars” | Jay Gould turned a distressed $5,000 railroad bet into $100,000 at 28 | David Senra | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| $7M | “seven million dollars” | The Erie Railroad board took $7 million from Cornelius Vanderbilt | David Senra | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| 11.9B | “11.9 billion” | Berkshire Hathaway's 1994 Net Worth Surpassed Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Combined | David Senra | Jan 9, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Zuckerberg instantly dismissed Yahoo's $1B Facebook acquisition offer in 2006 | David Senra | Dec 19, 2023 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Graham: Top programmers create millions while mediocre ones generate zero | David Senra | Dec 15, 2023 | — |
| $1.5B | “half a billion dollars” | Senra: Apple buying NeXT to rehire Steve Jobs was the ultimate bargain | David Senra | Dec 15, 2023 | — |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Senra: Graham's Viaweb sold to Yahoo for $50M in two years | David Senra | Nov 30, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Senra: Jordan makes ~$150M annually from Nike, but Nike gained even more | David Senra | Nov 8, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 1T | “one trillion” | Sam Zell Built Real Estate Giants and the $1T Public REIT Market | David Senra | Oct 19, 2023 | — |
| $1.5M | “a half million dollars” | Sam Zell Earned Roughly $2 Million During His Final Law School Year | David Senra | Oct 19, 2023 | Supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Sam Zell Acquired $4 Billion in Distressed Assets Between 1974 and 1977 | David Senra | Oct 19, 2023 | Supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Sam Zell Earned a 3% Real Return Instantly Through Debt-Inflation Arbitrage | David Senra | Oct 19, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 6% | “six percent” | Sam Zell Earned a 3% Real Return Instantly Through Debt-Inflation Arbitrage | David Senra | Oct 19, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 9% | “nine percent” | Sam Zell Earned a 3% Real Return Instantly Through Debt-Inflation Arbitrage | David Senra | Oct 19, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 3% | “three percent” | Sam Zell Earned a 3% Real Return Instantly Through Debt-Inflation Arbitrage | David Senra | Oct 19, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 39B | “thirty nine billion” | Sam Zell Sold Equity Office Properties for $39 Billion in Early 2007 | David Senra | Oct 19, 2023 | Supported |
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