Binny Bansal
Source of wealth: Flipkart
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Binny Bansal's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Binny Bansal could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.6 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Binny Bansal could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.3 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Binny Bansal could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.4 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 Binny Bansal could pay for it entirely for 0.6 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Binny Bansal could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.4 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Binny Bansal 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
Binny Bansal's fortune is equivalent to 10 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.
Binny Bansal could buy 2,578,228 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 0 trucks to transport them. Although Binny Bansal will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Former Amazon executive Binny Bansal teamed up with pal Sachin Bansal in 2007 to found Flipkart as an online seller of books, and later grew it into an e-commerce giant.
The duo, who share the same surname but are not related, pooled $6,000 of their combined savings and started operating out of their apartment.
In 2018, Walmart bought a 77% stake in India-based Flipkart for $16 billion in what was reportedly then the world's biggest deal for an internet firm.
In 2023, Bansal sold his remaining 1.8% stake to Walmart in a deal that reportedly valued Flipkart at $35 billion.
He's now chairman of xto10X, an Indian firm that he cofounded with two former Flipkart colleagues, which helps startups scale up their operations.
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