How Rich Was Gustavo Fring?

You'll often hear that Gus Fring was worth close to a billion dollars. We followed his money through seven clues from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, and checked each one against real life: a Kansas City restaurant caught washing cocaine money, the Mafia's Pizza Connection, and the banks that moved cartel cash. By clue number one, you'll know how much he really had, and why he could never spend it. Every show number comes from the episode it's in. Where the show stops, we say so, and our estimate is clearly marked as an estimate. 0:00 How rich was Gus Fring? 0:54 Clue 7: $1.2 million, the first deal 2:08 Clue 6: $8 million, the superlab 3:20 Clue 5: $96 million in three months 4:24 Clue 4: 14 restaurants, the chicken problem 5:56 Clue 3: Madrigal, the real laundromat 7:17 Clue 2: $50 million offer to the cartel 8:17 The math: was it a billion? 10:10 Clue 1: The picture frame 11:19 So how rich was Gus Fring? What was your guess before the video? Tell me in the comments. SOURCES Show facts: the episodes named on screen, checked against the Breaking Bad Wiki Wholesale meth prices, 2009: National Drug Intelligence Center reports (U.S. Department of Justice archive) Superlab definition: U.S. Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center 15 tons of meth seized near Guadalajara, 2012: UPI Super Pollo, Kansas City: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri, 2009 Chicken restaurant sales: QSR Magazine (2012 chicken segment report), National Chicken Council Washington Report (FY2010) The Pizza Connection: FBI, Famous Cases HSBC settlement, 2012: U.S. Department of Justice, NBC News, CNN Money TD Bank guilty plea, 2024: NBC News, New Jersey Monitor Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul clips © AMC / Sony Pictures Television, used for commentary and criticism. This channel is not affiliated with AMC or Sony. #BreakingBad #GusFring #BetterCallSaul