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* Bruce Wayne is a billionaire and philanthropist who runs Wayne Enterprises whose stated IQ is an unbelievable 192. That's his day job. By night, he is the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', a masked detective and vigilante armed with a plethora of non-lethal gadgets that he invents who protects the innocent and spreads fear to the criminals of Gotham City. He alternates between being portrayed as an active, competent, businessman and ObfuscatingStupidity by playing a ditzy MillionairePlayboy DependingOnTheWriter.

** ComicBook/NormanOsborn is the owner of Oscorp and is able to invent flying objects and bombs that look like pumpkins. He can ride in a limo if he wants to.
** Tony Stark, AKA ''ComicBook/IronMan''. Smart enough to invent, build, maintain, and constantly update an entire fleet of Iron Man suits. Also one of the richest men on the planet in-universe, and sometimes the guy who ''personally'' bankrolls the Avengers, paying for collateral damage repairs, equipment, and transportation.

*** Early Nick Fury comics explained that both he and Tony Stark designed (and probably built) a lot of the equipment SHIELD uses.
*** There's a bit of a weird case of SuperheroSpeciation whereby both he and Tony are smart and rich, but if they're in the same room together, he's the smart one and Tony is the rich one.
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': Professor Calculus is at first presented as a BunglingInventor and OmnidisciplinaryScientist, but he clearly manages to have enough money to fund his inventions (and is one of the lead scientists in a working space program at one point). At the end of "The Treasure of Rackham the Red", the titular treasure has not been found (only some old parchments were), so Professor Calculus jumps in to save the day, telling him that the government bought his shark submarine design and that he'll happily help Haddock buy the castle mentioned in the parchments (as it was on Haddock's expedition that the sub proved its worth). And when they visit, Haddock and Tintin find the treasure which was in the castle all along.

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* ''Series/{{Revenge}}'': Nolan Ross is a billionaire genius who got rich thanks to his successful tech company, Nolcorp.
* ''Series/RichieRich'': In this Creator/{{Netflix}} adaptation of Richie Rich, Richie's massive fortune comes from creating a green energy source from all of the vegetable he never ate, making him a trillionaire.

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** Andrew Ryan in ''VideoGame/Bioshock1'' claims to be this and built Rapture specifically to cater to this kind of person. He seems to have made his fortune by putting together his own oil drilling operation, but the implication seems to be he only struck big because of good luck.
** Seems to be a case of HiddenDepths with Jeremiah Fink in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''; despite appearances, he actually does have significant skill at operating sophisticated machinery, enough that he's the only person in town that Father Comstock can turn to for discrete sabotage work.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' has the super-villain Syndrome. How did he get rich? He built numerous advanced technologies and weapons, as he was also capable of becoming a successful weapons designer.

Contrast CutLexLuthorACheck, ReedRichardsIsUseless. Often overlaps with HowardHughesHomage.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has the super-villain Syndrome. How did he get rich? He built numerous advanced technologies and weapons, as he was also capable of becoming a successful weapons designer.

Contrast CutLexLuthorACheck, ReedRichardsIsUseless, and RichIdiotWithNoDayJob. Often overlaps with HowardHughesHomage.

* Bruce Wayne is a billionaire and philanthropist who runs Wayne Enterprises whose stated IQ is an unbelievable 192. That's his day job. By night, he is the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', a masked detective and vigilante armed with a plethora of non-lethal gadgets that he invents who protects the innocent and spreads fear to the criminals of Gotham City. He alternates between being portrayed as an active, competent, businessman and ObfuscatingStupidity by playing into the RichIdiotWithNoDayJob image DependingOnTheWriter.

* Ralph Lauren is worth $7.5 BILLION for created Polo shirts. This designer has got serious business smarts. He started out very small, launching Polo with only $50,000 in 1967. In 1994 he sold 28 percent of his business to Goldman Sachs for $138 million.

'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]:''' Genius. Playboy. Billionaire. Philanthropist.

Contrast CutLexLuthorACheck and RichIdiotWithNoDayJob. Often overlaps with HowardHughesHomage.

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* Hiroshi Sato from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' personally designed a lot of the stuff his company sells, and is one of the wealthiest men in town. His daughter isn't any slouch at engineering, either, and takes over the company when he's not around. The other example is Varrick, who made a lot of money off his various inventions but is also... let's say "eccentric" .

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->'''Captain America:''' Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, and what are you?\\
'''Tony Stark:''' Genius. Playboy. Billionaire. Philanthropist.

Contrast CutLexLuthorACheck and RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.

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* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': Bulma and her father Dr. Briefs are both genius inventors who created the capsules, those tiny things that are able to store anything of ANY size. They also own a yacht, are able to host big parties, and they have their own professional chefs.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has the super-villain Syndrome. How did he get rich? He built numerous advanced technologies and weapons, as he was also capable of becoming a successful weapons designer.

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* Hiroshi Sato from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' personally designed a lot of the stuff his company sells, and is one of the wealthiest men in town. His daughter isn't any slouch at engineering, either, and takes over the company when he's not around. The other example is Varrick, who made a lot of money off his various inventions but is also... let's say "eccentric" .

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* Ralph Lauren is worth $7.5 BILLION for created Polo shirts. This designer has got serious business smarts. He started out very small, launching Polo with only $50,000 in 1967. In 1994 he sold 28 percent of his business to Goldman Sachs for $138 million.

* Bruce Wayne is a billionaire and philanthropist who runs Wayne Enterprises whose stated IQ is an unbelievable 192. That's his day job. By night, he is the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', a masked detective and vigilante armed with a plethora of non-lethal gadgets that he invents who protects the innocent and spreads fear to the criminals of Gotham City.

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': Professor Calculus is at first presented as a BunglingInventor and OmnidisciplinaryScientist, but he clearly manages to have enough money to fund his inventions (and is one of the lead scientists in a working space program at one point). At the end of "The Treasure of Rackham the Red", the titular treasure has not been found, so Professor Calculus jumps in to save the day, telling him that the government bought his shark submarine design and that he'll happily help Haddock buy the castle (as it was on Haddock's expedition that the sub proved its worth). And when they visit, Haddock and Tintin find the treasure which was in the castle all along.

*** There's a bit of a weird case of SuperheroSpecialization whereby both he and Tony are smart and rich, but if they're in the same room together, he's the smart one and Tony is the rich one.

* Andrew Ryan in ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' claims to be this and built Rapture specifically to cater to this kind of person. He seems to have made his fortune by putting together his own oil drilling operation, but the implication seems to be he only struck big because of good luck.
* Seems to be a case of HiddenDepths with Jeremiah Fink in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''; despite appearances, he actually does have significant skill at operating sophisticated machinery, enough that he's the only person in town that Father Comstock can turn to for discrete sabotage work.

* Thomas Edison is one of the most prolific and game-changing inventors of all time who was worth $178 million. Among Edison's most notable inventions were the electric light bulb, the phonograph, electrical power, battery for an electric car, recorded music, and the motion picture camera.

Bob is a GadgeteerGenius. He then gets a great idea for an invention; maybe a TimeMachine, a cloning machine, or a doomsday weapon. After he designs any of those things, he catches the attention of a government official, the president, or a king. This powerful person wants to buy this thing for a million dollars! This inventor becomes the richest man in the world after selling so many inventions!

Bob now owns a mansion, a yacht, a private jet, his own island, and is now the owner of the MegaCorp. This person is one of the smartest and the richest people in the world, maybe even the universe! Anyone who wants to move up in the world is a person who seeks knowledge.