Sergei Studennikov & family
Source of wealth: Liquor stores, supermarkets
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Sergei Studennikov & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Sergei Studennikov & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 1.0 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Sergei Studennikov & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.4 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Sergei Studennikov & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.7 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 Sergei Studennikov & family could pay for it entirely for 0.9 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Sergei Studennikov & 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 3.8 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Sergei Studennikov & 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 0.1 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Sergei Studennikov & family's fortune is equivalent to 15 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.
Sergei Studennikov & family could buy 4,078,272 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 Sergei Studennikov & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Sergei Studennikov is founder of the Krasnoye & Beloye (Red & White) chain of self-service liquor stores, the largest liquor retailer in Russia.
In 2019, he merged it with the Dixy supermarket chain owned by billionaires Igor Kesaev and Sergei Katsiev to form Mercury Retail Group Limited.
Mercury Retail, in which he and his wife have a 49% stake, is the leading alcohol retailer in Russia with 15,000 stores.
Mercury postponed its much anticipated IPO after Putin invaded Ukraine.
In the 1990s, Studennikov founded a company that distributed vodka, beer and tobacco. He opened his first Red & White store in Kopeysk in 2006.
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