Eric Ya Shen

Source of wealth: Online apparel retail

55 years male Technology 🇨🇳 CN

Net Worth

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The scale of their wealth

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Health

The price of life

Let's compare Eric Ya Shen's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country

Eric Ya Shen could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.5 years.

But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country

On the other end, Eric Ya Shen could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.2 years.

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Education

Buying the future

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

Eric Ya Shen could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.3 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 Eric Ya Shen 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

Eric Ya Shen could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.9 years.

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

But even if we compare the total wealth of Eric Ya Shen 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

Eric Ya Shen's fortune is equivalent to 8 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.

Eric Ya Shen could buy 2,067,361 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 Eric Ya Shen will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.

Biography

Shen is a co-founder and largest shareholder of Vipshop, a Chinese e-commerce company.

From 2010 to 2012 Shen was chairman of Guangzhou NEM Import and Export, a consumer electronics business.

Shen holds an executive MBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and an associate degree in telecommunication from Shanghai Railway College.