Ronda Stryker
Source of wealth: Medical equipment
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Ronda Stryker's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Ronda Stryker could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 3.2 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Ronda Stryker could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 1.4 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Ronda Stryker could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.1 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 Ronda Stryker could pay for it entirely for 2.9 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Ronda Stryker could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 12.0 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Ronda Stryker 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 0.3 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Ronda Stryker's fortune is equivalent to 49 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.
Ronda Stryker could buy 13,040,174 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 2 trucks to transport them. Although Ronda Stryker will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Ronda Stryker is a director of Stryker Corp., the medical equipment company founded by her grandfather, Homer Stryker (d. 1980).
She owns about 5% of Stryker Corp. which she inherited from her parents; she is the only one of her siblings to serve on the board.
In 2011, she and her husband gave $100 million to create the Homer Stryker medical school at Western Michigan University.<br>
In 2016 the couple pledged $20 million to the Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Social Medicine to support equitable health care.
Stryker and her husband donated $30 million to Spelman College in 2018, the largest gift from living donors in the institution's history.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
Fortune comparison
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