Jose Isaac Peres & family
Source of wealth: Shopping malls
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Jose Isaac Peres & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Jose Isaac Peres & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.6 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Jose Isaac Peres & family 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
Jose Isaac Peres & family 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 Jose Isaac Peres & family 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
Jose Isaac Peres & 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 2.4 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Jose Isaac Peres & 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 0.1 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Jose Isaac Peres & family'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.
Jose Isaac Peres & family could buy 2,562,192 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 Jose Isaac Peres & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Jose Isaac Peres founded Multiplan, a company that develops, owns and manages shopping malls in Brazil.
At age 22 while an economics student, he founded his first company, real estate developer Vepan, which he turned into publicly-traded Multiplan.
He and his wife together own about a quarter of Multiplan's stock.
In 2014 Peres' Village Mall property in Rio de Janeiro became the site of Brazil's first official Apple store.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
Fortune comparison
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