Continuing from Saturday, here are the actual values of the items in the post. How did you do? Did you get 9 of 10, indicating you have a good handle on your ability to estimate?
| Fact |
Units |
Actual |
| GE total revenues (2003) |
$ bn |
$134 bn |
| Michael Eisner's salary (2003) |
$ |
$1m |
| Microsoft employees worldwide (2004) |
thousands |
57k |
| Starbuck's stores worldwide (2004) |
stores |
6228 |
| McKinsey Group annual revenue per consultant (2001) |
$ |
$500k |
| United Auto Workers total membership, non retired (2004) |
thousands |
710k |
| Blockbuster share of U.S. video rentals (2003) |
% |
40% |
| Canadian citizens per donut shop (2001) |
people |
9,000 |
| Ameritrade total daily trades by members (2004) |
thousands |
135k |
| Berkshire-Hathaway cumulative returns (1999-2004) |
% |
26% |