Alejandro Santo Domingo
Source of wealth: Beer
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Alejandro Santo Domingo's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Alejandro Santo Domingo could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 1.8 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Alejandro Santo Domingo could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.8 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Alejandro Santo Domingo could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.2 years.
And yes, we can also compare it with a rich country
But they couldn't just cover the cost of a poor country; Luxembourg is considered the country with the highest per capita investment in education in the world, and Alejandro Santo Domingo could pay for it entirely for 1.6 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Alejandro Santo Domingo could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 6.9 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Alejandro Santo Domingo with Israel, the country that invests the most per capita in research in the world, they could cover the total cost of the system for 0.2 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Alejandro Santo Domingo's fortune is equivalent to 28 tons of gold. It's hard to process, since we don't usually keep a handful of gold bars in our piggy banks.
A standard gold ring usually weighs between 4 and 7 grams. Let's say this one weighs 5 grams. It's usually 18 karats.
Based on today's gold price (excluding the jeweler's commission, shipping, or anything else), that ring would be worth $546.86.
Alejandro Santo Domingo could buy 7,508,247 gold rings. That's a lot of fingers and way too many gifts!!
And if you're struggling to visualize that many rings, it would take 1 trucks to transport them. Although Alejandro Santo Domingo will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Alejandro Santo Domingo, an heir to a beer fortune, sits on the board of beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, in which he has a roughly 1% stake.
Santo Domingo was a key negotiator in the deals that led to the 2016 merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller.
A Harvard grad, Santo Domingo is a senior managing director of New York-based Quadrant Capital Advisors, an investment advisory firm.
He also sits on the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
His father, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, had a 15% stake in SABMiller when he died in 2011, which he passed down to his sons and grandchildren.
Financial Assets
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