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Let's compare the net worth of various billionaires with the nominal GDP of various countries! (Yes, I know this is not how this works, this is for fun and to spark discussion.)

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Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 35m

Gina Rinehart (Australian businessperson), net worth $29.00 billion

COULD BUY

Burundi 🇧🇮, nominal GDP $0.16 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 1h

Byron Trott (Co-CEO of BDT & MSD), net worth $4.30 billion

COULD BUY

Bolivia 🇧🇴, nominal GDP $0.37 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 2h

Gennady Timchenko (Russian businessman and billionaire), net worth $20.10 billion

COULD BUY

Mozambique 🇲🇿, nominal GDP $15.78 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 3h

Leonid Fedun (Russian businessman), net worth $8.70 billion

COULD BUY

Eswatini 🇸🇿, nominal GDP $4.75 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 4h

David Sun (American businessman), net worth $4.60 billion

COULD BUY

Suriname 🇸🇷, nominal GDP $2.98 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 5h

Dilip Shanghvi (Indian businessman), net worth $17.50 billion

COULD BUY

Bolivia 🇧🇴, nominal GDP $0.37 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 6h

Michal Strnad (Czech manager), net worth $12.50 billion

COULD BUY

Suriname 🇸🇷, nominal GDP $2.98 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 8h

Alice Walton (American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.), net worth $44.40 billion

COULD BUY

Namibia 🇳🇦, nominal GDP $12.45 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 9h

Luděk Sekyra (Czech entrepreneur), net worth $5.60 billion

COULD BUY

Gabon 🇬🇦, nominal GDP $0.02 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 10h

Archie Aldis Emmerson (American businessman), net worth $5.90 billion

COULD BUY

Liberia 🇱🇷, nominal GDP $3.51 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 11h

Neil Bluhm (businessperson), net worth $8.70 billion

COULD BUY

Montenegro 🇲🇪, nominal GDP $5.86 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 12h

Steve Ballmer (American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft), net worth $51.90 billion

COULD BUY

Burundi 🇧🇮, nominal GDP $0.16 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 13h

Andrew Beal (American banker, businessman, investor, and amateur mathematician), net worth $12.00 billion

COULD BUY

Andorra 🇦🇩, nominal GDP $3.33 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 14h

Yang Huiyan (Chinese-born Cypriot businesswoman, heiress, billionaire), net worth $22.10 billion

COULD BUY

Madagascar 🇲🇬, nominal GDP $14.55 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 15h

Jan Světlík (Czech businessman and manager (1958)), net worth $2.00 billion

COULD BUY

San Marino 🇸🇲, nominal GDP $1.86 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 16h

Abigail Johnson (American businesswoman, business executive, heiress, billionaire), net worth $15.60 billion

COULD BUY

Angola 🇦🇴, nominal GDP $4.44 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 17h

Hui Ka Yan (Chinese entrepreneur (1958-)), net worth $36.20 billion

COULD BUY

Kiribati 🇰🇮, nominal GDP $0.22 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 18h

Petr Dědek (Czech entrepreneur), net worth $5.00 billion

COULD BUY

Bhutan 🇧🇹, nominal GDP $2.54 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 19h

Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (British+Dutch businesswoman, heiress (Heineken International) and billionaire), net worth $14.20 billion

COULD BUY

Liechtenstein 🇱🇮, nominal GDP $7.19 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 20h

Luke Nosek (American businessman), net worth $1.20 billion

COULD BUY

Grenada 🇬🇩, nominal GDP $1.12 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 21h

Gautam Adani (Indian businessman), net worth $148.70 billion

COULD BUY

Brunei 🇧🇳, nominal GDP $14.01 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 22h

Bom Kim (South Korean businessman), net worth $4.90 billion

COULD BUY

Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼, nominal GDP $1.63 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 23h

Pavel Baudiš (Czech software engineer and entrepreneur), net worth $51.00 billion

COULD BUY

Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬, nominal GDP $8.74 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 1d

Eduard Kučera (Czech software engineer and entrepreneur), net worth $29.00 billion

COULD BUY

Mauritania 🇲🇷, nominal GDP $10.00 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 1d

Bill Haslam (49th Governor of Tennessee), net worth $5.70 billion

COULD BUY

Vanuatu 🇻🇺, nominal GDP $0.97 billion