Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela
Source of wealth: Banking
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 1.0 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.5 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.7 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 Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela could pay for it entirely for 0.9 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.9 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela 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
Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela's fortune is equivalent to 16 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.
Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela could buy 4,265,831 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 Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela is a member of one of Brazil's oldest banking families.
Her great-grandfather founded the bank Itau, which merged with Unibanco in 2008 to form Itau-Unibanco, Latin America's biggest private sector bank.
She is one of the largest individual shareholders of Itausa, the bank's holding company, and is vice chairwoman of their board of directors.
Her grandfather founded Duratex, a publicly-traded Brazilian maker of wood paneling and bathroom fixtures; she is a shareholder.
She became a shareholder of the bank when she was 8 years old as her parents died in a plane crash in 1982.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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