Alexis Lê-Quôc
Source of wealth: Cloud computing
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Alexis Lê-Quôc's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Alexis Lê-Quôc could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 2.0 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Alexis Lê-Quôc could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.9 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Alexis Lê-Quôc could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.3 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 Alexis Lê-Quôc could pay for it entirely for 1.8 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Alexis Lê-Quôc could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 7.4 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Alexis Lê-Quôc 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
Alexis Lê-Quôc's fortune is equivalent to 30 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.
Alexis Lê-Quôc could buy 8,005,330 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 Alexis Lê-Quôc will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Alexis Le-Quoc is the chief technology officer of Datadog, a cloud monitoring company he founded in 2010 with Olivier Pomel, the firm's CEO.
Datadog listed on the Nasdaq in 2019, raising nearly $650 million and nabbing a $10.9 billion market cap on its first day of trading.
Le-Quoc and Pomel became billionaires in 2020; Le-Quoc owns some 3% of Datadog shares.
The French natives met while undergraduates at Ecole Centrale Paris, where both received a master's in computer science.
Before launching Datadog, the duo worked together at New York-based firm Wireless Generation, which was acquired by News Corp in 2010.
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