* Cornelius Vanderbilt (215 billion dollars)

He was an American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.

He died on January 4th, 1877.

* Henry Ford (188 billion dollars)

He founded Ford Motors and brought automobiles to the masses. He also sponsored the development of the assembly line technique of mass production .


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* Muammar Gaddafi (200 billion dollars)

Gaddafi is said to have controlled
a vast fortune of $200 billion, amassed during his 42-year rule over Libya. A highly controversial and divisive politician and ruler, Gaddafi was famously overthrown in 2011 during the Libyan civil war, when he was dragged into the streets and killed by revolutionaries.

* Mir Osman Ali Khan (230 billion dollars)

You may never have heard of Mir Osman Ali Khan, but he was without a doubt one of the wealthiest people the world has ever known . As ruler of the Hyderabad State in India, he grew his riches to a total of $230 billion. He became Nizam of Hyderabad after his father died in 1911 and reigned for 37 years, overseeing the expansion of education, electricity, and railroads in the region. He died in 1967, survived by his reported 149 children.

* Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov (300 billilon dollars)

Known as Tsar Nicholas II, Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov amassed $300 billion worth of wealth during his tenure. Nicholas II is probably most famous for being the last emperor of Russia before the country fell during the Russian Revolution. Both he and his family were eventually
executed in 1918.

Andrew Carnegie (310 billion dollars)

Andrew Carnegie, an incredibly wealthy and powerful industrialist, came to prominence during the mid-1800s by way of the steel industry. Having been born in Scotland, Carnegie came from a very poor family that entered the United States in the late 1840s. After successfully investing in a number of ventures, Carnegie founded the U.S. Steel Corp., which earned him most of his $310 billion fortune.

John Rockefeller (340 billion dollars)

John D. Rockefeller was an American business magnet, Industrialist and philanthropist, who provided with the major contribution in the oil industry. He was also the co-founder of Standard Oil Company due to which there was a drastic and revolutionary change in petroleum industry. During 40 years of his life time, Rockefeller had property of about $310 billion making him the richest during 18th century.

Mansa Musa (400 billion dollars)

Far and away the richest man to ever walk the face of the Earth was Mansa Musa , or Musa I of Mali. As the reigning emperor of the Mali empire, Musa commanded a fortune worth a jaw-dropping $400 billion. That’s worth more than four times the current richest person in the world, to put things in perspective. Musa was born in 1280 and lived until 1337 as a devout Muslim, constructing numerous educational centers and mosques across Africa, one of which can be seen above, in Timbuktu. Being as that Musa’s reign was so long ago, there are still varying reports about his death and abdication of the throne to his son. However, no one has been able to come even close to the amount of wealth Musa presided over.

[quote author=geopreneur post=52639204]* Cornelius Vanderbilt (215 billion dollars)

He was an American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.

He died on January 4th, 1877.[/quote

U see the richest man in the world died and leave every thing that 9ja politician u all we die one day rmb

Very informative.......thanks for the inform.

Money, wealth and fame.
Did any have Christ? That's the greatest of all wealth.

You're 100% right

Pablo escobar
The greatest drug kingpin in history

Asegzy:
Pablo escobar
The greatest drug kingpin in history

he worths just $25billion

Kendzyma:
he worths just $25billion

Did I hear u call 25 billion dollars JUST!!!!?

wow

Kudos Op Very informative!

psucc:
Money, wealth and fame.

Did any have Christ? That's the greatest of all wealth.

You don carry religious thinking come now... Do you have Christ?


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Where are those stupid yahoo boys, wire wire, h money, e money, wf money etc... Okay, I'd wait for LIST OF RICHEST CRIMINALS, naija politicians should make that list too

Incomplete without the Jewish bankers named The Rothschild family.

larryUG:

Did I hear u call 25 billion dollars JUST!!!!?

compared to others listed above....

Just remember when you shall close that greedy eyes and never open them, remember the day you shall meet your creator. All the fortunes and wealth left them the moment they died.

Mansa Musa? 400 billion quids? It will be interesting to know how his wealth in the 13th/14th century was ascertained and the present dollar rate equivalent cooked up.

Is it calculated with current currency rate

Yeah...... The series titled "THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA" Really got me used to some of those names. Peeps if you haven't watched it.......... Dedicate a weekend and get yourself thrilled and educated. You won't watch that series and not thirst for SUCCESS!!!

ricky8996:
Is it calculated with current currency rate

so what was the currency rate then? There is no data to effectively support the op's claim? 400billion is a lot. The source of his wealth wasnt stated.

Informative and educative,but guess wat !

Money must be made

Janyves:
Yeah...... The series titled "THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA" Really got me used to some of those names. Peeps if you haven't watched it.......... Dedicate a weekend and get yourself thrilled and educated. You won't watch that series and not thirst for SUCCESS!!!

Do you have a link to the movie please...

AfroMighty:
Just remember when you shall close that greedy eyes and never open them, remember the day you shall meet your creator. All the fortunes and wealth left them the moment they died.

Kile eleyi so?

Augustus Caesar (63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) with "$4.6 trillion" because he "personally owned all of Egypt".
Source: http://time.com/money/3977798/the-10-richest-people-of-all-time