Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family
Source of wealth: Residential roofing
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family 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, Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family 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
Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family 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 Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family 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
Sarah Humphreys Atkins & 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 2.0 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Sarah Humphreys Atkins & 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 0.0 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family'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.
Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family could buy 2,212,519 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 Sarah Humphreys Atkins & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Sarah Humphreys Atkins is an heiress to the Galena, Kansas-based Tamko roofing fortune.
Her grandfather E. L. Craig started the company in 1944 at the age of 69 in an old streetcar barn in Joplin, Missouri.
Today, Tamko is the fourth-largest manufacturer of roofing shingles in the United States. The company recorded $1.2 billion in 2023 revenue.
The Humphreys family sold a 25% stake in the business to the Carlyle Group, a $447 billion (assets under management) private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum in 2019.
Sarah and her brother David, and their respective families, split the remaining 75%.
Atkins is married to SEC commissioner Paul Atkins. Both she and Atkins are on Tamko's board of directors.
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