Rick Cohen & family
Source of wealth: Warehouse automation
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Rick Cohen & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Rick Cohen & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 10.5 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Rick Cohen & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 4.6 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Rick Cohen & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 6.9 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 Rick Cohen & family could pay for it entirely for 9.3 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Rick Cohen & family could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 39.3 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Rick Cohen & family 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 0.9 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Rick Cohen & family's fortune is equivalent to 160 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.
Rick Cohen & family could buy 42,644,672 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 8 trucks to transport them. Although Rick Cohen & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Rick Cohen is owner and executive chairman of C&S Wholesale Grocers, the nation's largest grocery wholesaler, with some $30 billion in annual revenue.
The bulk of his family's wealth comes from warehouse automation firm Symbotic, which is currently automating Walmart's 42 regional distribution centers.
Cohen, whose grandfather started C&S in 1918, launched Symbotic after tinkering around with technology to solve his own distribution problems at the family grocery business.
He built Symbotic largely in stealth, and took it public in a $5.5 billion SPAC deal sponsored by venture-capital giant SoftBank that closed in 2022. He is chairman, CEO and majority owner.
Symbotic reported revenue of $2.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up from $1.8 billion the previous year.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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