Bruce Flatt
Source of wealth: Money management
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Bruce Flatt's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Bruce Flatt could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 3.1 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Bruce Flatt could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 1.4 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Bruce Flatt could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.0 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 Bruce Flatt could pay for it entirely for 2.8 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Bruce Flatt could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 11.6 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Bruce Flatt 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 0.3 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Bruce Flatt's fortune is equivalent to 47 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.
Bruce Flatt could buy 12,604,873 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 2 trucks to transport them. Although Bruce Flatt will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Bruce Flatt is the CEO of Brookfield Corp., a $1 trillion (assets) alternative investment firm with real estate, infrastructure and private equity operations.
Brookfield spun off its asset management business in 2022, and Flatt named protégé Connor Teskey CEO of this entity in 2026.
A Winnipeg native, he joined an accounting firm out of college, then took a job at Canadian conglomerate Brascan, which soon nearly collapsed.
He helped revive Brascan through a series of savvy real estate deals and became CEO in 2002, refashioning the firm into Brookfield Asset Management.
His winning deals include buying Olympia & York in 1996 and London's Canary Wharf in 2015, and recapitalizing General Growth Properties in 2010.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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