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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 · 58m

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 · 1h

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 · 2h

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 · 3h

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 · 4h

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

COULD BUY

Bhutan 🇧🇹, nominal GDP $2.54 billion

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

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 · 6h

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

COULD BUY

Grenada 🇬🇩, nominal GDP $1.12 billion

Could Buy A Country @couldbuyacountry.bsky.social · 7h

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

COULD BUY

Brunei 🇧🇳, nominal GDP $14.01 billion

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

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 · 9h

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 · 10h

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 · 11h

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

COULD BUY

Vanuatu 🇻🇺, nominal GDP $0.97 billion

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

Milan Šrejber (Czech tennis player and businessman), net worth $7.00 billion

COULD BUY

Gabon 🇬🇦, nominal GDP $0.02 billion

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

Thomas Secunda (American businessman), net worth $5.70 billion

COULD BUY

Azerbaijan 🇦🇿, nominal GDP $0.44 billion

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

Joseph Tsai (businessman), net worth $9.50 billion

COULD BUY

Cape Verde 🇨🇻, nominal GDP $2.09 billion

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

Johann Graf (Austrian businessman in the gambling industry), net worth $8.10 billion

COULD BUY

Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬, nominal GDP $1.56 billion

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

John Paulson (American family office manager), net worth $9.80 billion

COULD BUY

United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪, nominal GDP $0.69 billion

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

Judith R. Faulkner (American computer scientist and business executive), net worth $7.80 billion

COULD BUY

Vanuatu 🇻🇺, nominal GDP $0.97 billion

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

Sun Piaoyang (Chinese business executive), net worth $8.40 billion

COULD BUY

Bhutan 🇧🇹, nominal GDP $2.54 billion

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

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

COULD BUY

Lesotho 🇱🇸, nominal GDP $2.37 billion

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

Viktor Vekselberg (Russian–Cypriot oligarch and businessman), net worth $11.50 billion

COULD BUY

Lesotho 🇱🇸, nominal GDP $2.37 billion

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

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

COULD BUY

Maldives 🇲🇻, nominal GDP $5.41 billion

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

Herb Simon (American businessman (born 1934)), net worth $6.50 billion

COULD BUY

Comoros 🇰🇲, nominal GDP $1.24 billion

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

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

COULD BUY

United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪, nominal GDP $0.69 billion

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Livia Voigt (Brazilian billionaire), net worth $1.40 billion

COULD BUY

Palau 🇵🇼, nominal GDP $0.22 billion