Amnon Shashua
Source of wealth: Automotive technology
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Amnon Shashua's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Amnon Shashua could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.8 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Amnon Shashua could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.4 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Amnon Shashua could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.5 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 Amnon Shashua could pay for it entirely for 0.7 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Amnon Shashua could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.0 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Amnon Shashua 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 0.1 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Amnon Shashua's fortune is equivalent to 12 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.
Amnon Shashua could buy 3,227,903 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 Amnon Shashua will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Amnon Shashua is the cofounder and CEO of autonomous vehicle technology firm Mobileye.
A computer science professor at Hebrew University, Shashua launched the company in 1999 with fellow billionaire Ziv Aviram.
The pair took Mobileye public in 2014, then sold it to Intel in 2017 at a $15.3 billion valuation.
Aviram and Shashua also co-CEOs of Or-Cam, which makes portable, artificial vision devices for visually impaired people. They founded it in 2010.
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