Fabien Pinckaers
Source of wealth: Software
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Fabien Pinckaers's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Fabien Pinckaers could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 2.0 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Fabien Pinckaers 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
Fabien Pinckaers 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 Fabien Pinckaers 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
Fabien Pinckaers could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 7.5 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Fabien Pinckaers 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
Fabien Pinckaers'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.
Fabien Pinckaers could buy 8,188,226 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 Fabien Pinckaers will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Fabien Pinckaers created Odoo, his second company, when he was a 22-year-old student who needed a software to manage the flow of beer kegs in a student party room on campus.
Odoo operates in more than 10 countries including the U.S and Dubai, had revenue of 426 million euros in 2024 and has more than 13 million users.
Pinckaers read his first book on Toyota's business management at age 13 and didn't use the Internet until he was at university.
He developed his first business management software at 13 and sold it to the Belgian Writers' Association.
Tech entrepreneur and fellow billionaire Xaviel Niel owns a minority stake in Odoo.
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