My search for a fat, successful person It crossed my mind the other day that I couldn't come up with a single fat successful person. First off, this isn't including celebrities, social personalities, or whatever the fuck because one could argue that their weight is the only reason they were successful in the field in the first place. I'm talking about fields where they relied solely on their hard work and perseverance. I'm also not counting old, fat, rich people, because obesity wasn't an epidemic when they were young and, statistically speaking, they almost certainly weren't obese while they were building their fortune. After scouring through various Forbes lists (not a very scientific study), coming across almost entirely fit-looking, attractive people (and a few old people clearly past their prime and not giving a shit anymore) I came across ONE young, fat, rich person. Reid Hoffman, the creator of LinkedIn. That's 1 out of the roughly 1000 pictures I looked at, even though overweight/obese people make up almost 1/3 of the world population.  In short, thin privilege is being able to build a fortune (and not spend it all on food). Edit: Other fat, rich people -Gabe Newell -Hermann Göring -George R R Martin -The fat guy that got with Miranda Kerr