Hasso Plattner & family
Source of wealth: Software
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Hasso Plattner & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Hasso Plattner & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 5.6 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Hasso Plattner & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 2.5 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Hasso Plattner & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.7 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 Hasso Plattner & family could pay for it entirely for 5.0 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Hasso Plattner & 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 20.9 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Hasso Plattner & 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 0.5 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Hasso Plattner & family's fortune is equivalent to 85 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.
Hasso Plattner & family could buy 22,726,109 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 Hasso Plattner & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Hasso Plattner and four colleagues left IBM in 1972 to launch German enterprise software company SAP, which went public in 1988.
He has served as chairman of the SAP supervisory board since May 2003, when he stepped down as CEO.
His nonprofit Hasso Plattner Institute focuses on research and teaching in IT systems engineering, offering degree programs and free online courses.
The institute has established Design Thinking schools at the University of Potsdam, Stanford University and the University of Cape Town.
A signee of the Giving Pledge, Plattner has supported HIV/AIDS and TB prevention, youth care and education, and conservation research in Africa.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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