Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes

Source of wealth: Industrial Machinery

40 years female Manufacturing 🇧🇷 BR

Net Worth

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The scale of their wealth

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Health

The price of life

Let's compare Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country

Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes 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, Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes 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

Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes 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 Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes 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

Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.6 years.

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

But even if we compare the total wealth of Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes 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

Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes'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.

Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes could buy 2,777,028 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 Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.

Biography

Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes is one of the largest individual shareholders of WEG, the largest manufacturer of electrical motors in Latin America.

The company was cofounded by her grandfather Werner Ricardo Voigt along with the late Eggon Joao da Silva and Geraldo Werninghaus, who were billionaires.

A publicly-traded multinational with factories in over ten countries, WEG has annual revenue of approximately $7 billion.

Mariana does not hold a board seat or any executive position at WEG; she works as an interior designer in Florianópolis, Brazil.