<\/span>The top 9 smartest Gen Z celebrities: Who is the smartest celebrity (according to Gen Z)?<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"Top](\"https:\/\/edubirdie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Smartest-people.png\")
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<\/span>Clever CEOs: Which celebrities do Gen Z men consider the smartest?<\/span><\/h2>\nYou don\u2019t become the world\u2019s richest person without a high IQ, according to Gen Z men, with 60%<\/strong> ranking Elon Musk as the smartest celebrity. His idea of colonizing Mars may be a little out there, but his business acumen speaks for itself: CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, and owner of the Boring Company, X, and Neuralink. Few others boast such a rich resume.<\/p>\nWhile Musk tops the list, he\u2019s closely followed by Meta\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg (56%<\/strong>) and Amazon\u2019s Jeff Bezos (53%<\/strong>). Clearly, success in the tech field is a sign of smarts for Gen Zers.<\/p>\nRounding up the list of smart celebrities? Donald J. Trump. While Democrat voters may have something to say about that, 25%<\/strong> of Gen Z men insist that the President is, in fact, \u201ca very stable genius\u201d, as he previously put it. There\u2019s no denying that amassing a multi-billion-dollar empire takes business acumen, and for Gen Z men, that\u2019s a strong measure of someone\u2019s intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/span>IQ icons: Who do Gen Z women consider the most intelligent celebrities?<\/span><\/h2>\nBig tech leads the rankings of smart, famous people for Gen Z women too, with Elon Musk (34%<\/strong>) and Mark Zuckerberg (30%<\/strong>) topping the star-studded class. Trump, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t get the vote from women, with just 11% believing him to be the smartest person in the room.<\/p>\nRather, they show support for their fellow females, with 25%<\/strong> ranking singer-turned businesswoman Rihanna at the top. Gifted with far more than a Grammy-winning voice, her smarts enabled her to turn a successful music career into a multi-billion-dollar business empire.<\/p>\nJoining her? Oprah Winfrey, voted top by 24%<\/strong> of Gen Z women. From her full-ride scholarship to Tennessee State University to her media empire spanning television, film, and print, Lady O\u2019s accolades and achievements speak for themselves.<\/p>\nWhether it\u2019s rockets, social networks, or billion-dollar beauty brands, Gen Z isn\u2019t impressed by fame alone \u2014 they admire the vision and ability to build something bigger than yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fame and fortune don\u2019t happen by accident. There\u2019s no easy path to the top, and it takes brains as much as hustle \u2013 but out of all those who have made it into the public eye, who has the highest IQ? EduBirdie surveyed 2,000 American Gen Zers on the celebrities they believe have the sharpest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"entity":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/p>\nYou don\u2019t become the world\u2019s richest person without a high IQ, according to Gen Z men, with 60%<\/strong> ranking Elon Musk as the smartest celebrity. His idea of colonizing Mars may be a little out there, but his business acumen speaks for itself: CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, and owner of the Boring Company, X, and Neuralink. Few others boast such a rich resume.<\/p>\n While Musk tops the list, he\u2019s closely followed by Meta\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg (56%<\/strong>) and Amazon\u2019s Jeff Bezos (53%<\/strong>). Clearly, success in the tech field is a sign of smarts for Gen Zers.<\/p>\n Rounding up the list of smart celebrities? Donald J. Trump. While Democrat voters may have something to say about that, 25%<\/strong> of Gen Z men insist that the President is, in fact, \u201ca very stable genius\u201d, as he previously put it. There\u2019s no denying that amassing a multi-billion-dollar empire takes business acumen, and for Gen Z men, that\u2019s a strong measure of someone\u2019s intelligence.<\/p>\n Big tech leads the rankings of smart, famous people for Gen Z women too, with Elon Musk (34%<\/strong>) and Mark Zuckerberg (30%<\/strong>) topping the star-studded class. Trump, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t get the vote from women, with just 11% believing him to be the smartest person in the room.<\/p>\n Rather, they show support for their fellow females, with 25%<\/strong> ranking singer-turned businesswoman Rihanna at the top. Gifted with far more than a Grammy-winning voice, her smarts enabled her to turn a successful music career into a multi-billion-dollar business empire.<\/p>\n Joining her? Oprah Winfrey, voted top by 24%<\/strong> of Gen Z women. From her full-ride scholarship to Tennessee State University to her media empire spanning television, film, and print, Lady O\u2019s accolades and achievements speak for themselves.<\/p>\n Whether it\u2019s rockets, social networks, or billion-dollar beauty brands, Gen Z isn\u2019t impressed by fame alone \u2014 they admire the vision and ability to build something bigger than yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fame and fortune don\u2019t happen by accident. There\u2019s no easy path to the top, and it takes brains as much as hustle \u2013 but out of all those who have made it into the public eye, who has the highest IQ? EduBirdie surveyed 2,000 American Gen Zers on the celebrities they believe have the sharpest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"entity":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/span>IQ icons: Who do Gen Z women consider the most intelligent celebrities?<\/span><\/h2>\n