Elisabeth DeLuca & family
Source of wealth: Subway
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Elisabeth DeLuca & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Elisabeth DeLuca & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 4.1 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Elisabeth DeLuca & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 1.8 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Elisabeth DeLuca & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.7 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 Elisabeth DeLuca & family could pay for it entirely for 3.6 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Elisabeth DeLuca & 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 15.2 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Elisabeth DeLuca & 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 0.3 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Elisabeth DeLuca & family's fortune is equivalent to 62 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.
Elisabeth DeLuca & family could buy 16,509,699 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 3 trucks to transport them. Although Elisabeth DeLuca & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Elisabeth DeLuca is the widow of Subway cofounder Fred DeLuca, who started the sandwich shop with his family friend Peter Buck in 1965.
She inherited his half of the restaurant chain, which is one of the largest in the world, when he died from leukemia in 2015.
She and the Buck family sold Subway to private equity firm Roark Capital, the owner of Dunkin' and Arby's, in a deal worth more than $9 billion in 2024.
Since inheriting the fortune, DeLuca has mostly kept a low profile though she oversees two family charitable foundations with more than $1 billion of assets.
She is one of a group of five billionaires who spent $500 million in 2024 to bankroll Arena BioWorks, a startup geared toward quickly developing new drugs.
Financial Assets
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Monthly wealth history
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