Yang Huiyan & family
Source of wealth: Real estate
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Yang Huiyan & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Yang Huiyan & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 1.4 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Yang Huiyan & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.6 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Yang Huiyan & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.9 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 Yang Huiyan & family could pay for it entirely for 1.2 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Yang Huiyan & 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 5.1 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Yang Huiyan & 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
Yang Huiyan & family's fortune is equivalent to 21 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.
Yang Huiyan & family could buy 5,586,040 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 Yang Huiyan & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Yang Huiyan chairs property developer Country Garden. She became the only one at the helm after her father Yeung Kwok Keung stepped down as co-chair in February 2023.
Yang has long been groomed for succession. Yeung transferred a 57% Country Garden stake to her back in 2007, which once made her the world's youngest female billionaire.
Her sister Yang Ziying also sits on the board; husband Chen Chong is a non-executive director.
In August 2023, Country Garden triggered fresh turmoil in China's beleaguered real estate market after it missed interest payments of $22.5 million on two offshore bonds.
Yang donated in the same year $826 million worth of shares in property management arm Country Garden Services to a Hong Kong charity set up by sister Ziying.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
Fortune comparison
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