JoeBen Bevirt
Source of wealth: Electric aviation
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare JoeBen Bevirt's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
JoeBen Bevirt could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.5 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, JoeBen Bevirt could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.2 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
JoeBen Bevirt could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.3 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 JoeBen Bevirt could pay for it entirely for 0.4 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
JoeBen Bevirt could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.7 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of JoeBen Bevirt 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 0.0 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
JoeBen Bevirt's fortune is equivalent to 7 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.
JoeBen Bevirt could buy 1,836,593 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 JoeBen Bevirt will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
JoeBen Bevirt is the founder and CEO of Joby Aviation, which is developing aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically.
Raised on an off-the-grid commune in California, as a kid Bevirt dreamed of planes that could maneuver like helicopters, and went on to study engineering at the University of California at Davis and Stanford.
He launched Joby in 2009 after first founding Velocity11, which built liquid-handling robots used for testing potential drugs, and the company behind GorillaPod, a flexible camera tripod.
He raised funds from the likes of carmaker Toyota, Laurene Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective and Jeff Skoll's Capricorn Investment Group, and took Joby public via SPAC merger in 2021.
Financial Assets
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