Gong Hongjia & family
Source of wealth: Video surveillance
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Gong Hongjia & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Gong Hongjia & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 5.1 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Gong Hongjia & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 2.3 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Gong Hongjia & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.3 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 Gong Hongjia & family could pay for it entirely for 4.5 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Gong Hongjia & 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 19.1 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Gong Hongjia & 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 0.4 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Gong Hongjia & family's fortune is equivalent to 78 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.
Gong Hongjia & family could buy 20,729,377 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 4 trucks to transport them. Although Gong Hongjia & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Investor Gong Hongjia's fortune mainly comes from his stake in Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, a supplier of surveillance products.
He served as Hikvision's vice chairman until 2021 and is still its biggest individual shareholder.
Gong is the chairman of Vcanbio Cell & Gene Engineering, a Shanghai-listed company engaged in the preparation, detection and storage of stem cells.
He bought a 2.4% stake in C-Mer Eye Care Holdings, a Chinese medical services provider, in 2022.
He is also an investor in Shenzhen-based AI drug discovery startup Xtalpi, also known as QuantumPharm, which listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2024.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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