# The Richest People Who Ever Lived **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 16, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596 "2012-10-16T18:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/1 "2012-10-16T18:00:19Z")
Warren Buffet is poor. And the richest person ever in the history of the world? This guy: ![http://cdn.cnwimg.com/galleryThumb/377f1964dc6784c00adf6a62d7472ae3.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/8/48f7efe51e45c1775c09826734d79dba80efafca.jpeg) > Mansa Musa I of Mali is the richest human being in history with a personal net worth of $400 billion! Mansa Musa lived from 1280 - 1337 and ruled the Malian Empire which covered modern day Ghana, Timbuktu and Mali in West Africa. Mansa Musa’s shocking wealth came from his country’s vast production of more than half the world’s supply of salt and gold. Musa used his wealth to build immense mosques that still stand today, nearly 700 years later. His kingdom and wealth didn’t last much longer after his death. His heirs were not able to fend off civil war and invading conquerors. Just two generations later, his world record net worth was gone. > **[The Richest People Of All Time – Inflation Adjusted](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/25-richest-people-lived-inflation-adjusted/)** > > Back in 2010, Celebrity Net Worth published a list of the richest humans in history, adjusting for inflation. That original list, which was publish... Totally made me think of: ![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/ComingtoAmerica1988MoviePoster.jpg/215px-ComingtoAmerica1988MoviePoster.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/9/e94182289f9f7874c01779155e77a7280ee95f44.jpeg) Full list for the lazy: > 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 > > 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 ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/2 "2012-10-16T18:10:12Z")
Where is JP Morgan? that is surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/3 "2012-10-16T18:45:59Z")
Wow I didn’t realize that the 2,3 and 4 were as far up there as they are. I knew they were rich but man, mega rich. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/4 "2012-10-16T18:50:53Z")
#8… And how did that work out for ya? ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/5 "2012-10-16T18:58:29Z")
#14 shouldn’t have gotten on that boat… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/6 "2012-10-16T20:44:09Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > #8… And how did that work out for ya? I think this is a telling sign of how inaccurate these measures are. Ghaddafi’s $200B fortune is based only on what ‘we’ were able to FIND in the names of he and his family in the various banks and institutions across the world. There will be tens upon hundreds of billions of dollars of his that were better hidden or placed in private institutions that simply changed the name on the account when he went down. Moreover, and i think we’ve discussed this before, Putin has had control of a wildly corrupt economy a hundred times bigger, albeit for a shorter period of time, and will have untold amounts of wealth stowed away in various places. probably much better managed than Ghaddafi’s if they were able to find that much of it so quickly. i have a feeling there are a number of private fortunes that would be on that list if known. In fact, i bet a number of those fortunes still do exist in various forms still today ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/7 "2012-10-16T20:49:38Z")
Gaddafi could have given every citizen of Libya $10,000 apiece to switch to his side and it would have only cost him $60B. He’d also still be alive. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/8 "2012-10-16T20:52:05Z")
Inflation adjusted please. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/9 "2012-10-16T20:53:39Z")
> [@TradersBASE](#): > > Inflation adjusted please. Lazy… > [@Link that TradersBASE didn't click](#): > > We started off with roughly 50 people then finalized the top 25 after adjusting for inflation to bring the fortunes into 2012 dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/10 "2012-10-16T21:02:23Z")
Know what the Egyptian pharoahs called these guys? Middle class. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/11 "2012-10-16T21:03:14Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Lazy… I didn’t click the link, I was afraid I’d get infected up in here. 😛 After a certain level of baller who the fuck cares what you’re worth in dollars anyhow. I’m sure things shift and it becomes about control & power, since that’s what money technically represents anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Singh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/12 "2012-10-16T22:22:23Z")
lol. On the Gaddifi comment, your actually right ahahah ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/13 "2012-10-16T22:25:00Z")
I’m thinking of a trip to Zamunda next summer. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/14 "2012-10-16T22:59:24Z")
obviously that was adjusted for inflation… the concept of a billion anythings didnt exist when most of these guys were alive. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/15 "2012-10-17T04:10:01Z")
> [@1QIKZ](#): > > I’m thinking of a trip to Zamunda next summer. HA! I was thinking the same thing ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/16 "2012-10-17T05:51:44Z")
Interesting for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-richest-people-who-ever-lived/226596/17 "2012-10-17T06:15:27Z")
Richest people in history. Fascinating concept. At certain wealth levels power and money sort of merge into the same thing. I.E. my pharaoh’s comment. If you define wealth as purchasing power, then when you’ve got the people convinced you’re a god your purchasing power is infinite, limited only by what humans are capable of producing.