Erwin Franz Mueller
Source of wealth: Drugstores
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Erwin Franz Mueller's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Erwin Franz Mueller 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, Erwin Franz Mueller 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
Erwin Franz Mueller could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.4 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 Erwin Franz Mueller could pay for it entirely for 1.9 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Erwin Franz Mueller could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 7.9 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Erwin Franz Mueller 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
Erwin Franz Mueller's fortune is equivalent to 32 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.
Erwin Franz Mueller could buy 8,539,150 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 Erwin Franz Mueller will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Erwin Franz Mueller owns an eponymous drugstore chain with some 880 stores across seven European countries and annual revenue of around $4.4 billion.
The business dates to 1953, when Mueller opened a hairdressing shop in his home in Ulm, Germany.
In recent years, working conditions at his drugstores have been the subject of scrutiny in media reports.
In August 2022, shortly before his 90th birthday, M?ller retook the helm after CEO G?nther Helm suddenly departed.
In 2017, he founded the Erwin-Mueller-Privatstiftung as a company foundation in Linz, Austria to deal with his eventual succession.
Financial Assets
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