Lin Chang Su-O

Source of wealth: Real estate

85 years female Real Estate 🇹🇼 TW

Net Worth

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The scale of their wealth

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Health

The price of life

Let's compare Lin Chang Su-O's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country

Lin Chang Su-O could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.7 years.

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

On the other end, Lin Chang Su-O could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.3 years.

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Education

Buying the future

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

Lin Chang Su-O 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 Lin Chang Su-O could pay for it entirely for 0.6 years.

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Research

The monopoly on progress

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

Lin Chang Su-O could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.5 years.

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

But even if we compare the total wealth of Lin Chang Su-O 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.

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

Lin Chang Su-O'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.

Lin Chang Su-O could buy 2,719,656 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 Lin Chang Su-O will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.

Biography

Lin is the widow of real estate mogul Lin Rong San. She resigned as chairman of the family's property developer Union Enterprise Construction in 2021.

Lin Rong San died in 2015 and left a $4.2 billion fortune built on real estate developments and investments in northern Taiwan.

Eldest son Jeff Lin runs the publicly traded Union Bank of Taiwan, which was started by his father.

Second son Andy Lin runs the group's media outlets, including Chinese-language newspaper Liberty Times and its sister English-language Taipei Times.

Youngest son Kevin works with another family-owned developer, RSL, which builds upscale residential projects and operates hotels.