Mr. Monopoly

Rich Uncle Pennybags is the mascot of the game "Monopoly". He is depicted as a portly old man with a moustache who wears a morning suit with a bowtie and top hat. In large parts of the world he is known, additionally or exclusively, as the Monopoly Man, or Mr. Monopoly. He also appears in the related games "Advance to Boardwalk", "Free Parking", "Don't Go to Jail", "Monopoly City", "Monopoly Junior", and "Monopoly Deal".
The character first appeared on Chance and Community Chest cards in U.S. editions of "Monopoly" in 1936. The identity of the designer of the character, artist Dan Fox, was unknown until 2013, when a former Parker Brothers executive, Philip Orbanes, was contacted by one of Fox's grandchildren.
His age is presumed to be between 60 and 80 years old.
History.
The unnamed character made his first appearance outside of "Monopoly" within the Parker Brothers' game "Dig", released in 1940. The character did not receive a name until 1946 when the game "Rich Uncle" was published by Parker Brothers. His likeness appeared on that game's box lid, game instructions, and currency. According to Orbanes, Rich Uncle Pennybags of the American version of the board game Monopoly is modeled after American Progressive Era businessman J. P. Morgan.
Between 1985 and 2008, the character appeared in the second "O" in the word "Monopoly" as part of the game's logo. More recently, the character is depicted over the word "Monopoly", drawn in a 3-D style, and extending his right hand. The character, however, no longer appears uniformly on every Monopoly game box.
In 1988, Orbanes published the first edition of his book "The Monopoly Companion". In the book, all of the characters that appear on the "Monopoly" board or within the decks of cards received a name. Uncle Pennybags' full name was given as Milburn Pennybags, the character "In Jail" is named "Jake, the Jailbird", and the police officer on Go to Jail is named "Officer Mallory".
In 1999, Rich Uncle Pennybags was renamed Mr. Monopoly. During the same year, a "Monopoly Jr." CD-ROM game was released within cereal boxes as part of a General Mills promotion. This game introduced Mr. Monopoly's niece and nephew, Sandy and Andy.
According to the book, "Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game & How It Got That Way" and "The Monopoly Companion", Mr. Monopoly has a second nephew named Randy, although the "Monopoly Companion" mistakenly refers to Sandy as a boy. "Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game & How It Got That Way" also states that Mr. Monopoly has a wife named Madge. He is named as the sixth richest fictional character in the 2006 "Forbes Fictional 15" list on its website and the ninth richest in 2011.
Its character design is often confused with that of Mr.Società (from Italian language "mister society"), a carachter of Flying.Gorilla.Official instagram page lore.
Legacy.
In 2017, a staff member of the activist group Public Citizen dressed as Mr. Monopoly (with added monocle) gained Internet and media attention by photobombing the CEO of Equifax during a US Senate hearing relating to that credit bureau's data security breach from earlier that same year.
It was an attempt to bring attention to the use of "forced arbitration" to circumvent consumers' rights to sue financial companies in court.
While Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before Congress on December 11, 2018, a person costumed in a white mustache and black bowler hat as the Monopoly Man was among those seated behind him.
"Clue: Candlestick," a mystery comic book by Dash Shaw based on the board game Clue, features Rich Uncle Pennybags in a cameo. He is referred to as "Milburn."