The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare John Henry's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
John Henry could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 2.6 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, John Henry could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 1.1 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
John Henry could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.7 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 John Henry could pay for it entirely for 2.3 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
John Henry could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 9.6 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of John Henry 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
John Henry's fortune is equivalent to 39 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.
John Henry could buy 10,457,532 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 2 trucks to transport them. Although John Henry will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
After acquiring a fortune in the early 1980s from his trading firm J.W. Henry & Co., John Henry started building a sports empire.
Henry and his partner Tom Werner bought the Boston Red Sox in 2002 for $380 million and delivered the Sox their first World Series win in 86 years in 2004.
Their Fenway Sports Group owns majority stakes in New England Sports Network and Nascar's Roush Fenway Racing.
Henry also has a stake in Premier League soccer team Liverpool, which won the Champions League in 2019.
He bought the Boston Globe in 2013 for $70 million and in 2017 moved the 145-year-old newspaper back to downtown Boston where it was first founded.
His Fenway Sports Group bought a majority stake in the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins in a 2021 deal that valued the team at $900 million.
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