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- Mansa Musa (1280-1337) Estimated net worth ... “Incomprehensible” Coming in strong at No 1 is a name that you may not even recognise. Mansa Musa was the ruler of the Mali empire, which was immensely rich in land, salt and gold.
- Genghis Khan (1162-1227) Estimated net worth today: US$120 trillion. It is believed that Genghis Khan was so powerful, and his Mongol empire so wide-reaching, that his DNA can be found in as many as 16 million men today, according to a 2003 scientific report.
- Emperor Shenzong (1048-1085) Estimated net worth today: US$30 trillion. The sixth emperor of China’s Song dynasty ruled over an immensely economically powerful empire worth 25 to 30 per cent of the world’s GDP at the time, according to Money.com.
- Akbar I (1542-1605) Estimated net worth today: US$21 trillion. Abu’l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar the Great, was the third emperor to rule the Mughal empire.
- Genghis Khan
- Bill Gates
- Alan Rufus
- John D. Rockefeller
- Andrew Carnegie
- Joseph Stalin
- Akbar I
- Emperor Shenzong
- Augustus Caesar
- Mansa Musa
Lived:1162-1227 Country:Mongolian Empire Wealth:Lots of land, not much else Genghis Khan is undoubtedly one of the most successful military leaders of all time. As leader of the Mongol Empire, which at its height stretched from China to Europe, he controlled the largest contiguous empire in history. However, despite his great power, scholars say Ge...
Lived:1955-present Country:United States Wealth:$78.9 billion As the richest living person, Bill Gates’ wealth is refreshingly easy to determine. As of this year, Forbesestimates the Microsoft founder’s net worth at $78.9 billion. That’s about $8 billion more than Zara co-founderAmancio Ortega, the second-richest person in the world.
Lived:1040–1093 Country:England Wealth:$194 billion The nephew of William the Conqueror, Rufus joined his uncle in the Norman conquest. He died with £11,000, according to Philip Beresford and Bill Rubinstein, authors of The Richest of the Rich, which they sayamounted to 7% of England’s GDP at the time. That would amount to $194 billion in 2014 doll...
Lived:1839–1937 Country:United States Wealth:$341 billion Rockefeller began investing in the petroleum industry in 1863 and by 1880 his Standard Oil company controlled90% of American oil production. According to hisNew York Times obituary, Rockefeller was valued at about $1.5 billion based on a 1918 federal income tax return and estimates of his ov...
Lived:1835–1919 Country:United States Wealth:$372 billion Rockefeller gets all the press, but Andrew Carnegie may be the richest American of all time. The Scottish immigrant sold his company, U.S. Steel, to J.P. Morgan for $480 million in 1901. That sum equates to about slightly over 2.1% of U.S. GDP at the time, giving Carnegie economic power equi...
Lived:1878–1953 Country:USSR Wealth:Complete control of a nation with 9.6% of global GDP Stalin is an uncommon figure in modern economic history: a dictator with absolute power who also controlled one of the largest economies in the world. While it is virtually impossible to separate Stalin’s wealth from the wealth of the Soviet Union, his unique c...
Lived:1542–1605 Country:India Wealth:Ruled empire with 25% of global GDP The greatest emperor of India’s Mughal dynasty, Akbar controlled an empire that accounted for aboutone-fourth of global economic output. Fortune’s Chris Matthews cites the late economic historian Angus Maddison, who speculates India’s GDP per capita under Akbar was comparable ...
Lived:1048–1085 Country:China Wealth:Ruled empire with 25% to 30% of global GDP China’s Song Dynasty (960 – 1279) was one of the most economically powerful empires of all time. According to Prof. Ronald A. Edwards, a Chinese economic historian of the Song Dynasty at Tamkang University, the nation accounted forbetween 25% and 30%of the world’s econo...
Lived:63 BC–14 AD Country:Rome Wealth:$4.6 trillion Not only was Augustus Caesar in charge of an empire that accounted for25% to 30% of the world’s economic output, but according to Stanford history professor Ian Morris, Augustus at one point held personal wealth equivalent to one-fifth of his empire’s economy. That fortune would be the equivalent ...
Year:1280–1337 Country:Mali Wealth:Richer than anyone could describe Mansa Musa, the king of Timbuktu, is oftenreferred to as the wealthiest person in history. According to Ferrum College history professor Richard Smith, Musa’s west African kingdom was likely the largest producer of gold in the world—at a time which gold was in especially high dema...
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- Bernard Arnault & family. $194.8 B 72 France.
- Jeff Bezos. $193.4 B 57 United States.
- Elon Musk. $153.2 B 49 United States.
- Bill Gates. $126.8 B 65 United States.
- Alan ‘the Red’ Rufus (1040–1093) – $194 billion. The nephew of William the Conqueror, Alan ‘the Red’ Rufus was his patron during the Norman Conquest. It paid off: in return for helping him win the throne and putting down a rebellion in the north, William the Conqueror awarded Rufus some 250,000 acres of land in England.
- Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011) – $200 billion. Though much of his wealth was derived from Libya, which Gaddafi brutally ruled for 42 years, the dictator personally amassed an enormous fortune, the majority of which he funnelled out of the country in secret bank accounts, dubious investments and shady real estate deals and companies.
- Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886-1967) – $210 billion. In 1937, Time Magazine proclaimed their cover star Mir Osman Ali Khan as the richest man in the world. As the last Nizam of Hyderabad State in British India from 1911-48, the Khan owned his own mint which he used to print his own currency, the Hyderabadi rupee.
- William the Conqueror (1028-1087) – $229.5 billion. When Edward the Confessor died in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson instead of William. William angrily invaded England to enforce his claim.
With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history.
Bill Gates was named the richest man in the world by Forbes' annual list of the world's billionaires. This was the 16th time that the founder of Microsoft claimed the top spot. Carlos Slim came in second for the second consecutive time.
Aug 28, 2024 · According to Forbes, as of March 2023, Elon Musk is the wealthiest man alive, with $180 billion to his name. That's more than the combined gross domestic product of Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia,...
