Eric Yuan & family
Source of wealth: Zoom Video Communications
...
...
The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Eric Yuan & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Eric Yuan & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 2.5 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Eric Yuan & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 1.1 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Eric Yuan & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.6 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 Yuan & family could pay for it entirely for 2.2 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Eric Yuan & 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 9.4 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Eric Yuan & 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
Eric Yuan & family's fortune is equivalent to 38 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 Yuan & family could buy 10,227,468 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 2 trucks to transport them. Although Eric Yuan & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Eric Yuan is the founder of Zoom, a video communications tool that went public in 2019; Zoom usage surged during the coronavirus pandemic.
He was previously a manager of WebEx at Cisco, which acquired the video conferencing company in 2007.
Born in China, Yuan move to Silicon Valley in 1997 after eight failed attempts to obtain a visa.
At the IPO, Yuan owned 22% of Zoom, which was valued at just over $9 billion before trading began.
An avid basketball fan, Yuan attends his children's games and counted Golden State Warriors player Andre Iguodala as an investor.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
Fortune comparison
Historical data not available for comparison