The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Maggie Hardy's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Maggie Hardy could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 1.9 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Maggie Hardy could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.9 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Maggie Hardy could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.3 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 Maggie Hardy could pay for it entirely for 1.7 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Maggie Hardy could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 7.3 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Maggie Hardy 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 0.2 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Maggie Hardy's fortune is equivalent to 30 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.
Maggie Hardy could buy 7,909,883 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 Maggie Hardy will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Maggie Hardy is the owner and CEO of 84 Lumber, one of the largest privately-owned building materials suppliers in the U.S.
Hardy's father, Joe Hardy, founded the company in 1956 in the rural town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania.
She took control of the business in 1992, when she was just 26 years old. It topped $1 billion in sales the following year.
Today 84 Lumber operates nearly 310 stores in 35 states and generates more than $6 billion in revenue.
She also owns the Nemacolin resort in rural Pennsylvania, which was partially modeled after the Ritz in Paris, plus vintage airplanes and a piece of the Berlin Wall.
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