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For five years, viewers have been hooked on the mega-rich yet completely miserable Roy family and their media empire in the hit HBO series, Succession.
No one could be blamed for thinking they're narcissists caught up in never-ending conflict over the cash and power at stake.
But is this a true depiction of billionaires?
Psychologists have examined the relationship between an individual's wealth and personality traits to understand what it takes to be one of the wealthy elite.
Their findings identify five key characteristics in the super rich - so do you have any of them?
For five years, viewers have been hooked on the mega-rich yet completely miserable Roy family and their media empire in the hit HBO series
The study, conducted by researchers at the Open University and the Norwegian School of Management, accounted for numerous factors in daily life.
Just over 3,200 participants were asked about their valuable physical possessions, property and other personal investments in the survey.
Around 10.8 per cent of these earned £75,000 or more each year, while 23.7 per cent had a household income less than £20,000.
These attributes were then looked at against the 'Big Five' personality traits - openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
Scientists found that conscientiousness was positively related to levels of wealth, meaning that the rich are more likely to feel a stronger sense of responsibility.
Well-to-do folk were also far
