Viktor Kharitonin
Source of wealth: Pharmaceuticals
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Viktor Kharitonin's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Viktor Kharitonin could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 3.5 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Viktor Kharitonin could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 1.6 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Viktor Kharitonin could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.3 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 Viktor Kharitonin could pay for it entirely for 3.1 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Viktor Kharitonin could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 13.2 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Viktor Kharitonin 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
Viktor Kharitonin's fortune is equivalent to 54 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.
Viktor Kharitonin could buy 14,364,885 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 3 trucks to transport them. Although Viktor Kharitonin will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Viktor Kharitonin created multinational pharmaceutical firm Pharmstandard with Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and other partners in 2003 by combining five factories.
Kharitonin and partner Egor Kulkov bought out the other investors in 2008, a year after Pharmstandard went public in London. They took Pharmstandard private again, eight years later.
Kharitonin and Kulkov also hold stakes in other Russian pharmaceuticals companies: OTCPharm, Biocad and Generium, one of the producers of the COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
In 2022 The two partners tried to buy Russian assets of Austrian-British packaging and paper group Mondi for 1.5 billion euro, but Russian authorities rejected the deal.
In 2023 Kharitonin and his partners bought Russian assets of German chemical producer Henkel for 600 million euros, leaving Henkel the option of buying back the business.
Financial Assets
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Monthly wealth history
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