Jason Jiang

Source of wealth: Advertising

53 years male Media & Entertainment 🇸🇬 SG

Net Worth

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The scale of their wealth

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Health

The price of life

Let's compare Jason Jiang's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country

Jason Jiang could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 1.9 years.

But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country

On the other end, Jason Jiang could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.8 years.

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Education

Buying the future

Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country

Jason Jiang 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 Jason Jiang could pay for it entirely for 1.7 years.

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Research

The monopoly on progress

Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country

Jason Jiang could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 7.0 years.

And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide

But even if we compare the total wealth of Jason Jiang 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.

While billions of people struggle to access basic healthcare, education, and research, a single individual could fund entire national systems for centuries.

Gold

Everyday luxuries

Jason Jiang's fortune is equivalent to 28 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.

Jason Jiang could buy 7,586,302 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 Jason Jiang will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.

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Biography

Jason Jiang is the founder, chairman and CEO of China's outdoor advertising firm Focus Media Information Technology.

The company was taken private from Nasdaq in 2013 following negative publicity from a short seller, and went public in Shenzhen through a backdoor listing in 2016.

The Alibaba-backed firm boasts elevator screens and cinema media networks in over 340 cities in mainland China as well as overseas such as in Thailand, the UAE and Japan.