The award was founded by Alfred Berhard Nobel, a famous Swedish chemist and the world's "father of explosives". He obtained as many as 355 patents for technological inventions in his life. These patents alone can bring him a lot of income in one year, not to mention that he also owns 100 companies and factories all over the world. Nobel's wealth was undoubtedly quite amazing at that time.
It is because of this money that Nobel made a will before his death, took out all his property and set up awards to reward those who made good contributions to mankind the year before. As a result, the Nobel Prize came into being and was first awarded at 190 1.
As we all know, the Nobel Prize is not only rich in gold, but also rich in bonuses. In addition, because Nobel is Swedish, bonuses have been paid in Swedish krona for one hundred years. 190 1 the first nobel prize, each bonus was as high as 150000 kronor, which was equivalent to the salary of a professor who worked continuously for 20 years at that time, and the bonus was surprisingly high.
With the adjustment of international currency exchange rate and the change of economic situation, the prize money of Nobel Prize is not static. 1980 The prize money of the single Nobel Prize has reached 10000000 kronor, and 199 1 year has reached 6 million kronor. Until today, the personal bonus has reached 9 million kronor, about 7.4 million yuan.
Here, I wonder if readers have any questions. From 190 1 to 20 19, the pace of the Nobel Prize has never stopped. This means that in Nobel's legacy, a large sum of money will be paid to the winners every year. According to Nobel's will, he has a legacy of 32 million kronor, of which 6.5438+0 million was given to his family, and the remaining 3.65438+0 million was used as the Nobel Prize.
Although this is a huge sum of money, it really can't stand the effort for so many years. Especially later, the single bonus has reached 9 million kronor, which is not enough for five bonuses per kloc-0/year according to the property left by Nobel at that time. Why does the Nobel Prize seem to be an inexhaustible treasure, which can be distributed every year?
It turned out that in Nobel's will at that time, this 365,438+million was not saved as a fixed bonus, but a foundation was set up. This foundation has the absolute right to deal with the 3,654,380,000 kronor. The foundation will use the money for various investment projects around the world, and then pay the winners' bonuses with the annual returns of investment projects.
Therefore, 3,654,380,000 kronor was distributed to the winners from beginning to end, and all the bonuses were paid by their investment interest. Because the investment vision of the foundation is quite brilliant, over the years, 3 1 100 million Nobel has already been transformed into a steady stream of investment wealth, and the Nobel Prize only accounts for a small part of it.
So we can see that the Nobel Prize has been awarded for 1 18 years, and the prize money has not been exhausted, but has steadily increased. In fact, not every investment of the Foundation has been very successful. For example, the Nobel Prize in 20 12 was lowered by 2 million kroner due to financial problems, and it was not until the financial situation improved in 20 17 that it gradually recovered to the level of 9 million kroner. It is said that the remaining wealth of the Nobel Fund now is 92 times that of the original fund.
It is true that this money can be said to be the most useful money in the world, and every penny is spent on the future of all mankind. Each of these award-winning scientists deserves it. If Nobel can see the prosperity of this award today, it is estimated that he will also show a gratified smile.