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Zhong Huijuan

Source of wealth: Pharmaceuticals

65 years female Healthcare 🇨🇳 CN

Net Worth

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The scale of their wealth

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Health

The price of life

Let's compare Zhong Huijuan's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country

Zhong Huijuan could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 8.3 years.

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

On the other end, Zhong Huijuan could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 3.7 years.

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Education

Buying the future

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

Zhong Huijuan could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 5.5 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 Zhong Huijuan could pay for it entirely for 7.4 years.

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Research

The monopoly on progress

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

Zhong Huijuan could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 31.2 years.

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

But even if we compare the total wealth of Zhong Huijuan 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 0.7 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

Zhong Huijuan's fortune is equivalent to 127 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.

Zhong Huijuan could buy 33,927,400 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 6 trucks to transport them. Although Zhong Huijuan will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.

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Biography

Zhong Huijuan is the chairman and CEO of Chinese drugmaker Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group, which produces oncology, psychoactive, antidiabetic and other drugs.

Zhong's husband, Sun Piaoyang, is also a billionaire and leads Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, which is dual-listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Their daughter, Sun Yuan, is Hansoh's executive director.

Headquartered in the Chinese coastal city of Lianyungang, Hansoh went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2019.

Hansoh has licensed products including weight-loss treatments to global pharmaceutical giants such as Merck in billion-dollar deals, as the firm expands internationally.