Dagmar Dolby & family
Source of wealth: Dolby Laboratories
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Dagmar Dolby & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Dagmar Dolby & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 2.0 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Dagmar Dolby & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.9 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Dagmar Dolby & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.3 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 Dagmar Dolby & family could pay for it entirely for 1.8 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Dagmar Dolby & 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 7.4 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Dagmar Dolby & 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 0.2 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Dagmar Dolby & family's fortune is equivalent to 30 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.
Dagmar Dolby & family could buy 8,091,682 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 Dagmar Dolby & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Dagmar Dolby owns about 36% of publicly-traded audio technology firm Dolby Laboratories, which her husband Ray Dolby (d. 2013) founded in 1965.
The company pioneered surround sound technologies used in thousands of films and products, and most recently, in video games and mobile devices.
Her two sons share voting power over some assets. David is a board member at Dolby Labs; his brother, Tom, is a novelist and filmmaker.
Since 2015, she has committed over $160 million to the University of Cambridge, where Ray Dolby earned a Ph.D. in physics.
In September 2018, Dolby donated $20 million to UC San Francisco to establish the Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders.
She has also supported the Academy Foundation to fund the construction of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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