Robert Duggan
Source of wealth: Pharmaceuticals
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Robert Duggan's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Robert Duggan could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 5.4 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Robert Duggan could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 2.4 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Robert Duggan could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 3.5 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 Robert Duggan could pay for it entirely for 4.8 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Robert Duggan could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 20.1 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Robert Duggan 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 0.5 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Robert Duggan's fortune is equivalent to 82 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.
Robert Duggan could buy 21,885,360 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 4 trucks to transport them. Although Robert Duggan will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
In 2020, Robert Duggan invested $63 million in Nasdaq-listed Summit Therapeutics and became its Co-CEO, leading the biotech in developing targeted oncology therapies for difficult diagnoses.
Pharmacyclics' cancer drug Imbruvica made Duggan a billionaire in 2013 and paved the way for the company's $21 billion sale to AbbVie in 2015.
Duggan, whose son died from brain cancer, became passionate about Pharmacyclic's cancer fighting drugs and first invested in 2004.
His enthusiasm for investing began four decades earlier in a corporate finance class he took at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
In 2020, Duggan bought $63 million of shares in Nasdaq-listed Summit Therapeutics, a small biotech company, and became its CEO.
Duggan also sits on the board of Pulse Biosciences, of which he is the largest individual shareholder.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
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