Luiz Frias
Source of wealth: Media
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Luiz Frias's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Luiz Frias 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, Luiz Frias 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
Luiz Frias 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 Luiz Frias 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
Luiz Frias could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.3 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Luiz Frias 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

Luiz Frias'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.
Luiz Frias could buy 3,539,242 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 Luiz Frias will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Luiz Frias is chairman of PagSeguro Digital, a payments company that went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018, raising over $2 billion.
Frias' late father acquired one of Brazil's most popular daily newspapers in the 1960s, today known as Folha de S. Paulo.
Group Folha became one of Brazil's largest media conglomerates; Frias joined in 1981, was appointed CEO in 1989 and chairman in 1991.
In 1996, Frias founded UOL, a pioneering Brazilian Internet company, and one of the most visited websites in the country.
PagSeguro Digital is a subsidiary of UOL.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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