Sathien Sathientham

Source of wealth: Energy drinks

72 years male Food & Beverage 🇹🇭 TH

Net Worth

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The scale of their wealth

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Health

The price of life

Let's compare Sathien Sathientham's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country

Sathien Sathientham could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 1.3 years.

But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country

On the other end, Sathien Sathientham could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.6 years.

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Education

Buying the future

Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country

Sathien Sathientham could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.9 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 Sathien Sathientham could pay for it entirely for 1.2 years.

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Research

The monopoly on progress

Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country

Sathien Sathientham could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 5.0 years.

And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide

But even if we compare the total wealth of Sathien Sathientham 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 0.1 years.

While billions of people struggle to access basic healthcare, education, and research, a single individual could fund entire national systems for centuries.

Gold

Everyday luxuries

Sathien Sathientham's fortune is equivalent to 20 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.

Sathien Sathientham could buy 5,443,858 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 1 trucks to transport them. Although Sathien Sathientham will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.

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Biography

Sathien Sathientham, previously known as Sathien Setthasit, is vice chairman of Carabao Group, maker of Thailand's hugely popular Carabao Dang energy drink.

Sathien founded the company in 2002 with his folk singer pal Aed Carabao and took it public in 2014.

Sathien is getting into large scale beer brewing with a $115 million investment in a new brewery.

Younger son Romtham is managing director of listed Carabao and older son Veeratham is CEO of retail chain CJ Express.

Carabao has a subsidiary to make packaging materials and a joint venture with a Japanese partner to manufacture cans.