Top 10 World Richest Man Ever Lived

It is very difficult to determine the richest man ever lived and that is why When we think of the world’s all-time richest people, names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Mark Zuckerberg and the likes immediately come to mind. However, i have try in my own capacity to do justice to that.



10. Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27th, 1794 at Staten Island, New York, the U.S.He was an American business owner, magnate as well as a philanthropist.

Source of wealth: railroads, shipping and industrialist.

After adjusting for inflation today, Cornelius Vanderbilt Net worth is $185 billion in today's currency.

9. Henry Ford

Henry Ford born 30 July 1863 in Greenfield Township, Michigan USA. Henry Ford was an American entrepreneur, founder of Ford Motor Company.

Source of wealth: Industrialist, Entrepreneur, Businessperson, Engineer, Inventor, Business magnate.

After adjusting for inflation today, Henry Ford Net worth is $200 billion in today's currency.

8. Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi was born 7 June 1940 in Qasr Abu Hadi in Italian Libya. He was the Libya’s chairman of Brotherly Leader and ruled for over forty decades. Muammar Gaddafi served as the chairman of the African Union for years.

Muammar Qaddafi during his time was three times richer than the three richest people on the planet today – Carlos Slim, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett – combined together.

Source of wealth: politics, real estate and corporate investments.

After adjusting for inflation today, Muammar Gaddafi Net worth is $210 billion in today's currency (After his death).

7. William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror was born in 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France, he was the first Norman king of England. William the Conqueror became personally enormously wealthy from spoils of war during the Norman Conquest of England.

Source of wealth: leader and politics.

After adjusting for inflation today, William the Conqueror Net worth is $230 billion in today's currency.

6. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII

Sir Mir Osman Ali  was born in 1886 in Hyderabad during the British rule. He was the last Nizam of Hyderabad State in British India. in 1937, his portrait was on the cover of Time magazine, he had his own mint, printing his own currency, the Hyderabadi rupee, and had a private treasury that was said to contain gold,silver bullion, and lots of jewels . Among them was the Jacob Diamond.

Source of wealth: leader and politics .

After adjusting for inflation today, Osman Ali Khan Net worth is $236 billion in today's currency.

5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia

Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov was the last Emperor of Russia born on May 18, 1868 in Pushkin, Russia.

Source of wealth: politics and Autocrat of All the Russians.

After adjusting for inflation today, Tsar Nicholas Net worth is $300 billion in today's currency.

4. Andrew Carnegie 

He was a Scottish-American industrialist born on November 25, 1835. A business magnate, and philanthropist.

Source of wealth: industrialist and steel industry.

After adjusting for inflation today, Andrew Carnegie Net worth is $310 billion in today's currency.

2. John D Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller Sr born July 8, 1839 was an American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time. During his time, he was controlling 90% of all oil in the United States.

Source of wealth: Oil industry business magnate and philanthropist.

After adjusting for inflation today, John D Rockefeller Net worth is $350 billion in today's currency.

2. Rothschild Family

The Rothschild's are a prominent family, originally from Germany, that established banking and finance houses in his native Frankfurt, in the German wish later spread across Europe beginning in the 18th century.

Source of wealth: banking and finance

After adjusting for inflation today, Rothschild Family Net worth is $350 billion in today's currency. That's more than today's top 3 current richest man in the world (Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffet combined).

1. Mansa Musa I

Mansa Musa was the emperor of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, he ruled over “two thousand miles from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad and which included all or parts of the modern nations of Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad, ensured decades of peace and prosperity in Western Africa. He travel with over 100 camels, each carrying 300 lbs of gold, while trekking across Africa and the Middle East. He alone supply the entire United States with oil for a year straight during his time.

Source of wealth: trade and export (salt and gold)

After adjusting for inflation today, Mansa Musa Net worth is $400 billion in today's currency. That's more than today's top 3 current richest man in the world (Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined).