The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Athanasios Martinos & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Athanasios Martinos & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.9 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Athanasios Martinos & family 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
Athanasios Martinos & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.6 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 Athanasios Martinos & family could pay for it entirely for 0.8 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Athanasios Martinos & family could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.5 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Athanasios Martinos & family 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
Athanasios Martinos & family's fortune is equivalent to 14 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.
Athanasios Martinos & family could buy 3,835,991 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 Athanasios Martinos & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Athanasios Martinos is the owner of Greek shipping firm Eastern Mediterranean Maritime, which has a fleet of 75 tankers, bulk carriers and container vessels.
He founded the company in 1990, after splitting from the family shipping company Thenamaris, which he had cofounded with his mother and two brothers in 1972.
Collectively, Athanasios and his brothers Andreas and Constantinos own the largest shipping fleet in Greece, the largest shipowning nation in the world.
He also owns a Cyprus-based real estate investment firm which holds office and retail properties in London and Geneva.
He served as the civil administrator of the monastic community of Mount Athos, an autonomous region run by Orthodox monks in Greece, from 2019 to 2023.
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