Eleanor Butt Crook & family
Source of wealth: Supermarkets
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Eleanor Butt Crook & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Eleanor Butt Crook & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 2.1 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Eleanor Butt Crook & 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
Eleanor Butt Crook & 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 Eleanor Butt Crook & 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
Eleanor Butt Crook & 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 7.7 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Eleanor Butt Crook & 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
Eleanor Butt Crook & family's fortune is equivalent to 31 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.
Eleanor Butt Crook & family could buy 8,336,005 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 Eleanor Butt Crook & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Eleanor Butt Crook is an heir to the H-E-B grocery fortune.
The San Antonio-based chain has 455 stores in Texas and Mexico and generates $50 billion in revenues.
Crook's grandmother, Florence Butt, founded the company in 1905 after her husband was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was unable to work.
Crook has no role in day-to-day operations but serves on the board of directors.
Her brother, Charles Butt, who is chairman of H-E-B, is also a billionaire.
She and her late husband, Ambassador William Crook, started the Eleanor Crook Foundation to fight global malnutrition in 1997.
Financial Assets
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