9 richest people of all time
(Baonghean.vn) - After much research, experts have come up with the following list of 'the richest people of all time' (ranked in order of their economic influence).
1. King Mansa Musa (1280-1337) - Ancient Mali
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Mansa Musa was the king of Timbuktu, an ancient city in the modern-day West African nation of Mali, and is considered the richest man in history. According to Professor Richard Smith of Ferrum College, Musa's kingdom was the largest producer of gold in the world, and gold was in high demand at the time.How rich was Musa? There is no way to put an exact figure on his wealth. |
2. Emperor Augustus Caesar (63 BC – 14 AD) - Ancient Rome
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| Not only did Emperor Augustus Caesar rule an empire that accounted for 25 to 30 percent of the world's economic output, but according to Stanford history professor Ian Morris, he also had a huge personal fortune equivalent to one-fifth of the total value of the Roman Empire's economy, equivalent to about $4.6 trillion in 2014. Morris added that, at one point, Caesar "owned all of Egypt." |
3. Emperor Song Shenzong (1048-1085) - China
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| China’s Song Dynasty (960-1279) was one of the most economically powerful empires. At its peak, it accounted for 25 to 30 percent of the world’s economic output, according to Professor Ronald A. Edwards, an economic historian at Tamkang University. The empire’s wealth stemmed from its adoption of advanced new technology and radical tax reforms that were hundreds of years ahead of European governments, according to Edwards. |
4. King Akbar I (1542-1605) - India
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| The greatest emperor of the Mughal dynasty of India, Akbar controlled an empire that accounted for about a quarter of the world’s economic output at the time. Fortune’s Chris Matthews quotes late-century economic historian Angus Maddison as saying that India’s GDP per capita under Akbar was comparable to that of Elizabethan England, but with “a ruling class whose lifestyles were far superior to those of European society.” The Mughals were one of the most powerful ruling empires of all time. |
5. Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) - USA
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| Andrew Carnegie was a contemporary of Rockefeller, but he was the richest American of all time. The Scottish immigrant sold his steel company to JP Morgan for $480 million in 1901. That was equivalent to more than 2.1% of the US GDP at the time. Today, his net worth is $372 billion. |
6. John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) - USA
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| John D. Rockefeller began investing in the oil industry in 1863, and by 1880, his Standard Oil Company controlled 90% of U.S. oil production. According to the New York Times, Rockefeller's fortune was estimated at $1.5 billion (based on 1918 federal revenue), and his total assets were estimated to be equivalent to nearly 2% of the U.S. economic output at the time (according to the U.S. Measuring Worth). At current exchange rates, his total assets are equivalent to about $341 billion. |
7.Alan Rufus (also known as Alan the Red, 1040–1093) - England
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| Alan Rufus was a royal descendant, the nephew of King William I, and had participated in the Norman conquest with his uncle. At the time of his death, Alan Rufus was worth £11,000, or 7% of England’s GDP at the time, according to Philip Beresford and Bill Rubinstein, co-authors of “The Richest of the Rich.” That would be worth about $142 billion today. |
8. Bill Gates (1955-present) - USA
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| Bill Gates is currently the richest person in the world. As of 2016, Forbes estimated Microsoft's net worth at $78.9 billion. That puts Gates' fortune about $8 billion more than Zara co-founder Amancio Ortega, the second richest person in the world. |
9. Genghis Khan (1162-1227) - Mongolia
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| Genghis Khan was one of the most successful military leaders of all time, the head of the Mongol Empire at its height, when the country stretched from China all the way to Europe, 9,700 km with a territory of up to 24,000,000 km.2(nearly one-fifth of the Earth's land area), with about 100 million subjects. Despite his great power, according to historians, Genghis Khan never hoarded wealth. On the contrary, his generosity was the key to his powerful influence. |
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