Jack Link & family
Source of wealth: Jack Link's meat snacks
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Jack Link & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Jack Link & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 1.8 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Jack Link & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.8 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Jack Link & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.2 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 Jack Link & family could pay for it entirely for 1.6 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Jack Link & 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 6.7 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Jack Link & 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
Jack Link & family's fortune is equivalent to 27 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.
Jack Link & family could buy 7,314,531 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 Jack Link & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Jack Link's eponymous meat products company sells 800 million packages of beef jerky, turkey jerky, meat sticks and other goods each year.
Link's great-grandfather emigrated from Germany to Wisconsin in the 1880s, bringing with him his old-world recipes for sausages and smoked meats. His grandfather was butcher and his father raised cattle.
In 1985, with the Link family's meatpacking business bankrupt, Jack Link was inspired to start producing jerky using his great-grandfather's 1880s recipes.
Now Jack Link's is the top-selling jerky brand in America, with $2 billion in estimated annual revenue and 34% of the market.
Jack Link became chairman in 2013 and his son Troy moved into the role of CEO.
The Link family also owns a car dealership, an RV dealership, and ranch and farmland in Minong, Wisconsin, where the company is headquartered.
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