Visualise how much an amount of money is worth (by seeing how much you could buy with it).
US$35.0bn can buy all of the following:
2 times the GDP of Rwanda
2008US$2.79bn × 2 = US$8.92bnfrom World BankValue of Old Mutual Plc
Market capitalization of OLD MUTUAL PLC03 May 2010£6.31bn (US$10.1bn)Information from London Stock Exchange2 aircraft carriers
2007£1.95bn (US$3.11bn) × 2 = £3.90bn (US$6.23bn)Information from Royal Navy70 Royal Families
Yearly cost of British Royal Family2005£37.0m (US$59.1m) × 70 = £2.59bn (US$4.14bn)and
12 Jonathan Ross
Yearly Salary2006£6.00m (US$9.58m) × 12 = £72.0m (US$115m)Information from BBC