This is not a mere rhetorical question,this is a straight-face challenge to any one who seems to have any slightest inkling as to who is adjudged as the world most richest and wealthiest man ever lived or dead.....just find out today on ?? channel and I was like wow!!!!!!!!! conversely speaking,if you know the man's name and where his from,then whatchu waiting for? punch me in the face with your thoughts and I will tell you if you are intellectually and un-intellectually wrong on not.
I need 20 opinions and if not, I will drop the bomb.lol!

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lol!!!!!!!!!

The richest man that ever lived was Mansa Musa.

He was a King in Mali. He is responsible for the library in Timbuktu that the terrorists set on fire.

Kairoseki77: The richest man that ever lived was Mansa Musa.

He was a King in Mali. He is responsible for the library in Timbuktu that the terrorists set on fire.

you must be joking....nobody will definitely know him

Donalð Genes:
you must be joking....nobody will definitely know him

You mad that I got it right?

Kairoseki77:

You mad that I got it right?

no not at all.

^Liar, the answer is Mansa Musa 1 of mali worth 400 billion dollars in the 1300s, followed by the Rothschild family with 350 and so on.

Here’s the full list of the ‘26 richest people of all time’:

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. Muammar Gaddafi (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 billion

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

23. Stephen Van Rensselaer (land owner, 1764- 1839) $68 billion

24. Marshall Field (Marshall Field & Company founder, 1834-1906) $66 billion

25. Sam Walton (Walmart founder, 1918-1992) $65billion

26. Warren Buffett (investor, 1930- ) $64billion

[quote author=Freiburger]Here’s the full list of the ‘26 richest people of all time’:


3. John D Rockefeller (industrialist, 1839-1937) $340 billion

Now,this is what I was looking for, Rockefeller is worth 600b Dollars,eventhough he is dead,he was the sole owner of shell,exon now merge together as ExxonMobil,and others big coys in USA.so pls don't be deceived,he is the one I have been expecting you guys to say....if u doubt me,visit history channel on DSTV.thats where I saw it

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He is number three though...

Kairoseki77:

He is number three though...

am sorry.that stats is just a stale news....i watched it live on history channel.so nobody can tell me something else