David Kong

Source of wealth: Funeral services

71 years male Service 🇲🇾 MY

Net Worth

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The scale of their wealth

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Health

The price of life

Let's compare David Kong's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country

David Kong 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, David Kong could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.3 years.

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Education

Buying the future

Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country

David Kong 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 David Kong could pay for it entirely for 0.5 years.

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Research

The monopoly on progress

Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country

David Kong could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.2 years.

And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide

But even if we compare the total wealth of David Kong 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 0.0 years.

While billions of people struggle to access basic healthcare, education, and research, a single individual could fund entire national systems for centuries.

Gold

Everyday luxuries

David Kong's fortune is equivalent to 9 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.

David Kong could buy 2,398,413 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 David Kong will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.

Biography

David Kong, who also goes by Kong Hon Kong, founded Kuala Lumpur-based Nirvana Asia in 1990 and took it public in Hong Kong in 2014.

Asia's largest death-services provider by sales, it runs private cemeteries, columbarium facilities and funeral homes in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Kong took Nirvana Asia private in 2016 in a $1.1 billion deal with private equity firm CVC Capital Partners.