Karim Atiyeh
Source of wealth: Fintech
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Karim Atiyeh's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Karim Atiyeh could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.9 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Karim Atiyeh could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.4 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Karim Atiyeh could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.6 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 Karim Atiyeh could pay for it entirely for 0.8 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Karim Atiyeh could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.2 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Karim Atiyeh 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
Karim Atiyeh's fortune is equivalent to 13 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.
Karim Atiyeh could buy 3,474,402 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 1 trucks to transport them. Although Karim Atiyeh will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Karim Atiyeh is the cofounder and chief technology officer of fintech startup Ramp, which private investors valued at $32 billion in November 2025.
Atiyeh launched the company in 2019 with Eric Glyman and Gene Lee. Each cofounder owns an estimated 6% of Ramp.
Atiyeh and Glyman met as undergrads at Harvard and cofounded their first company, price tracking app Paribus, in 2014.
The pair enrolled Paribus in the elite startup incubator Y Combinator that year and then sold the company to Capital One for an undisclosed sum in 2016.
Atiyeh and Glyman continued to run Paribus as part of Capital One for two and a half years before leaving to launch Ramp.
Before cofounding Paribus, Atiyeh worked for two years at consulting firm Oliver Wyman, doing what he describes as "PowerPoint and Excel".
Financial Assets
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