Sachin Bansal
Source of wealth: Flipkart
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Sachin Bansal's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Sachin Bansal could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.5 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Sachin Bansal could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.2 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Sachin Bansal could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.3 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 Sachin Bansal could pay for it entirely for 0.5 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Sachin Bansal could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 1.9 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Sachin Bansal 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 0.0 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Sachin Bansal's fortune is equivalent to 8 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.
Sachin Bansal could buy 2,071,007 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 Sachin Bansal will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Former Amazon executive, Sachin Bansal, teamed up with pal Binny Bansal, also a billionaire, in 2007 to found Flipkart as an online seller of books.
The duo, who share the same surname but are not related, pooled $6,000 of their combined savings and started operating out of their apartment.
In 2018, Wal-Mart bought a 77% stake in Flipkart for $16 billion in what was the world's biggest deal for an internet firm.
Bansal cashed out, selling his minority stake for $1 billion.
His privately held Navi Technologies, which offers a range of financial products to middle-class customers, had filed a draft red herring prospectus in 2022 but the IPO has been shelved.
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