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The Richest Man That Ever Lived Was A Black Man (mansa Musa); Full List Inside by Scarpon(m): 12:11am On Oct 19, 2012 |
King Mansa Musa’s astounding wealth came from his country Mali’s production of more than half the world’s gold and salt, Celebrity Net Worth said. A photograph of Mansa Musa on a map of North Africa circa 1375. King Mansa Musa wasn’t just the 1% of the 14th century — he may be the richest person of all time. As the obscure ruler of West Africa’s Mali Empire, Musa amassed a jaw-dropping $400 billion during his reign from 1312 to 1337, according to a new inflation-adjusted list by celebritynetworth.com. As for Musa’s moolah, his “shocking wealth came from his country’s vast production of more than half the world’s supply of salt and gold,” according to the Celebrity Net Worth survey, which converted each billionaire’s fortunes into 2012 dollars. Musa was a devout Muslim who spearheaded an extensive building program of palaces and mosques. But his money was eventually lost after his death in 1337, when he was believed to be in his late 50s. “His heirs were not able to fend off civil war and invading conquerors. Just two generations later, his world record net worth was gone,” Celebrity Net Worth said. Of the list’s top 25, 14 are Americans, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, whose inflation-adjusted worth is about $136 billion. The 25 billionaires and families listed have made some megabucks, with a combined worth of $4.3 trillion. Celebrity Net Worth's list 1. Mansa Musa I , (Ruler of Malian Empire, 1280-1331) $400 billion 2. Rothschild family (banking dynasty, 1740- ) $350 billion 3. John D. Rockefeller (industrialist, 1839-1937) $340 billion 4. Andrew Carnegie (industrialist, 1835-1919) $310 billion 5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (last Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918) $300 billion 6. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (last ruler of Hyderabad, 1886-1967) $236 billion 7. William the Conqueror (King of England, 1028-1087) $229.5 billion 8. Moammar Khadafy (former Libyan leader, 1942-2011) $200 billion 9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company founder, 1863-1947) $199 billion 10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, 1794-1877) $185 billion 11. Alan Rufus (Fighting companion of William the Conqueror, 1040-1093) $178.65 12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, 1955- ) $136 billion 13. William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (Norman nobleman, ??-1088) $146.13 billion 14. John Jacob Astor (businessman, 1864-1912) $121 billion 15. Richard Fitzalan , 10th Earl of Arundel (English nobleman, 1306-1376) £118.6 billion 16. John of Gaunt (son of Edward III, 1330-1399) £110 billion 17. Stephen Girard (shipping and banking mogul, 1750-1831) $105 billion 18. Alexander Turney Stewart (entrepreneur, 1803-1876) $90 billion 19. Henry, 1st Duke of Lancaster (English noble, 1310-1361) $85.1 billion 20. Friedrich Weyerhaeuser (timber mogul, 1834-1914) $80 billion 21. Jay Gould (railroad tycoon, 1836-1892) $71 billion 22. Carlos Slim (business magnate, 1940- ) $68 billion (TIE) 22. Stephen Van Rensselaer (land owner, 1764- 1839) $68 billion (TIE) 23. Marshall Field (Marshall Field & Company founder, 1834-1906) $66 billion 24. Sam Walton (Walmart founder, 1918-1992) $65 billion 25. Warren Buffett (investor, 1930- ) $64 bill source=> www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/meet-mansa-musa-i-of-mali--the-richest-human-being-in-all-history-8213453.html
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Re: The Richest Man That Ever Lived Was A Black Man (mansa Musa); Full List Inside by Freiburger(m): 11:32am On Oct 19, 2012 |
So interesting, i never knew this. |
Re: The Richest Man That Ever Lived Was A Black Man (mansa Musa); Full List Inside by 19naia(m): 8:27pm On Oct 19, 2012 |
I never knew how much he had actually been involved with,but i know he was a traveler who loved to be in his camel caravan that would strech for kiliometers across the deserts carrying lots of his wealth in gold and salt,he would arrive at strange places across africa and give away so much gold at the same value as salt and in some places where gold was not known or used,they prefered salt as more value...it was mansa´s great generousity that led greedy men of conquest to fix their eyes on him to plunder his fortune when he passed away......remember that the word "Salary" comes from the word "SAL" which neans "SALT"..."Salary" is from the time when salt was the great traded good of the empires on earth...people would be paid in salt slabs,and no more supriseing than people tradeing in cowry shells found in the dirt....Some people of various places would prefer to be paid in salt rather than gold...The places that produced salt still exist today and trade along the upper ranges of the niger river down to the south...There were many great lakes in sahel africa even bigger than the original lake Chad..They ranged from mali to niger and maybe even into Sudan..Its the dried lake beds that have concentrated minerals such as salt.....I suspect that the great "golden Monarchs" of ghana are related in ancient times to the early gold mining tribes that led to the rise of mansa musa tribe and the asante tribe..they all mine gold using the same technique.... 1 Like |
Re: The Richest Man That Ever Lived Was A Black Man (mansa Musa); Full List Inside by Scarpon(m): 10:23pm On Oct 19, 2012 |
19naia: I never knew how much he had actually been involved with,but i know he was a traveler who loved to be in his camel caravan that would strech for kiliometers across the deserts carrying lots of his wealth in gold and salt,he would arrive at strange places across africa and give away so much gold at the same value as salt and in some places where gold was not known or used,they prefered salt as more value...it was mansa´s great generousity that led greedy men of conquest to fix their eyes on him to plunder his fortune when he passed away......remember that the word "Salary" comes from the word "SAL" which neans "SALT"..."Salary" is from the time when salt was the great traded good of the empires on earth...people would be paid in salt slabs,and no more supriseing than people tradeing in cowry shells found in the dirt....Some people of various places would prefer to be paid in salt rather than gold...The places that produced salt still exist today and trade along the upper ranges of the niger river down to the south...There were many great lakes in sahel africa even bigger than the original lake Chad..They ranged from mali to niger and maybe even into Sudan..Its the dried lake beds that have concentrated minerals such as salt.....I suspect that the great "golden Monarchs" of ghana are related in ancient times to the early gold mining tribes that led to the rise of mansa musa tribe and the asante tribe..they all mine gold using the same technique....thanks for this informations atlest I have lent something here |
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