The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Jerry Jones & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Jerry Jones & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 8.7 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Jerry Jones & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 3.8 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Jerry Jones & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 5.7 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 Jerry Jones & family could pay for it entirely for 7.7 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Jerry Jones & 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 32.5 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Jerry Jones & 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 0.7 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Jerry Jones & family's fortune is equivalent to 132 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.
Jerry Jones & family could buy 35,294,040 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 6 trucks to transport them. Although Jerry Jones & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Jerry Jones, co-captain of the University of Arkansas 1964 national championship team, has long had football in his blood.
His most valuable holding is the Dallas Cowboys, which he bought for $150 million in 1989. The team is currently valued at roughly $13 billion.
Jones made a name for himself as an oil wildcatter, making his first million in oil investments in the 1970s.
He still invests in drilling opportunities as well as retail and residential real estate projects in Dallas.
After a 2018 deal, Jones became the controlling shareholder in Comstock Resources, a publicly traded Texas oil and gas company.
An avid art collector, Jones owns Norman Rockwell's "Coin Toss" as well as paintings by Picasso, Renoir and Matisse among others.
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