The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Gordon Getty & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Gordon Getty & 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, Gordon Getty & 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
Gordon Getty & 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 Gordon Getty & 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
Gordon Getty & 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 9.2 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Gordon Getty & 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
Gordon Getty & 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.
Gordon Getty & family could buy 10,034,951 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 Gordon Getty & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Gordon Getty, whose oil tycoon father J. Paul died in 1976, led the sale of his family's Getty Oil to Texaco for $10.1 billion in 1984.
Once the sole trustee of the family trust, Getty orchestrated the breakup into six separate trusts in 1985.
Getty is a classical music composer, whose compositions include the Canterville Ghost, Plump Jack and Usher House.
Since 2008, Getty has given more than $450 million to his philanthropic foundation, which supports performing arts, music and museum projects.
He founded PlumpJack Winery in 1995 with Gavin Newsom, now California's governor.
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