Patrick Hanrahan
Source of wealth: Software
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Patrick Hanrahan's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Patrick Hanrahan could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.6 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Patrick Hanrahan could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.3 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Patrick Hanrahan 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 Patrick Hanrahan could pay for it entirely for 0.6 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Patrick Hanrahan could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.4 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Patrick Hanrahan 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
Patrick Hanrahan'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.
Patrick Hanrahan could buy 2,611,514 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 Patrick Hanrahan will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Patrick Hanrahan cofounded data analytics company Tableau in 2003.
Salesforce acquired Tableau in June 2019 in a $15.7 billion, all-stock deal.
Hanrahan is a computer graphics and electrical engineering professor at Stanford University.
Tableau was born out of research he and one of his cofounders were doing while analyzing and visualizing large databases of information at Stanford.
He and his cofounders raised $15 million in venture capital before taking Tableau public on the New York Stock Exchange in May 2013.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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