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Kushal Pal Singh

Source of wealth: Real estate

94 years male Real Estate 🇮🇳 IN

Net Worth

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The scale of their wealth

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Health

The price of life

Let's compare Kushal Pal Singh's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country

Kushal Pal Singh could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 5.1 years.

But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country

On the other end, Kushal Pal Singh could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 2.3 years.

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Education

Buying the future

Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country

Kushal Pal Singh could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.3 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 Kushal Pal Singh could pay for it entirely for 4.5 years.

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Research

The monopoly on progress

Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country

Kushal Pal Singh could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 19.1 years.

And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide

But even if we compare the total wealth of Kushal Pal Singh 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 0.4 years.

While billions of people struggle to access basic healthcare, education, and research, a single individual could fund entire national systems for centuries.

Gold

Everyday luxuries

Kushal Pal Singh's fortune is equivalent to 78 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.

Kushal Pal Singh could buy 20,710,341 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 4 trucks to transport them. Although Kushal Pal Singh will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.

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Biography

Property baron Kushal Pal Singh left an army posting in 1961 to join DLF, a company started by his father-in-law in 1946.

Singh later built DLF City in Gurgaon, his showpiece township on the outskirts of Delhi, by acquiring land from farmers.

Today, Delhi-headquartered DLF, run by his son Rajiv as chairman, is India's biggest listed property firm by market cap.

In 2017, Singh sold his one-third stake in DLF's rental arm to GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, for $1.9 billion.

Singh stepped down as chairman after more than five decades in that position, in 2020. He's now chairman emeritus of DLF and lives mostly between London and Dubai.