Jenny Lindén Urnes
Source of wealth: Powdered metal
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Jenny Lindén Urnes's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Jenny Lindén Urnes could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.7 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Jenny Lindén Urnes could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.3 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Jenny Lindén Urnes could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.4 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 Jenny Lindén Urnes could pay for it entirely for 0.6 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Jenny Lindén Urnes could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.4 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Jenny Lindén Urnes 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 0.1 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Jenny Lindén Urnes's fortune is equivalent to 10 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.
Jenny Lindén Urnes could buy 2,660,057 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 0 trucks to transport them. Although Jenny Lindén Urnes will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Jenny Lind?n Urnes is the chairman and owner of $1.9 billion (sales) Lind?ngruppen, which she inherited from her father in 2009.
The industrial group owns 50% of H?gan's AB, a leading maker of powdered metal, and Beckers, which produces industrial coatings.
Her father, Ulf G. Lind?n, a former Volvo executive, built up a private stake in H?gan's AB, and took it private in 1987.
Beckers, a former subsidiary of Volvo, came into the family's hands in 1985, when Ulf bought the company from his employer.
In 2013, under Jenny's command, Lind?ngruppen, together with a foundation linked to the Wallenberg family, took H?gan's AB private once again.
Financial Assets
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