Meet Mansa Musa I of Mali – the richest human being in all history

[Ptarmigan]

Meet Mansa Musa I of Mali – the richest human being in all history
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/meet-mansa-musa-i-of-mali--the-richest-human-being-in-all-history-8213453.html

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

20. Carlos Slim (business magnate, 1940- ) $68 billion

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

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

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

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

[vesta111]

Meet Mansa Musa I of Mali – the richest human being in all history
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/meet-mansa-musa-i-of-mali--the-richest-human-being-in-all-history-8213453.html

BFD so, what, those with money have to guard against thieves and false friends ,watch their backs and never know if their workers are loyal.  Can they even trust their husbands or wives ?????

Sounds like a very unhappy life to me, is the money worth it.?   Where is the joy of working their ass off to get a dream, the pride of working for something. 

OK, you win Lotto for 200 million, you can now  loose all joy in life. Nothing to work for and now get suspicious of any one that wants to be your friend.  So you have a wife as ugly as a hound dog, a loving woman until men begin to court her.  Now she gets uppity.

You look like a troll, yet suddenly these 18 year old babes find you attractive.   ----------Where goes the joy in life that comes from your own accomplishments due to hard work and sweat and toil ???

Nice to have money enough to put a roof over your head, 3 hots a day and put shoes on your feet.   Wealth is so over rated, money in the bank is not wealth, not when it takes away the incentive to get out there and challenge life.

Crap , my worse nightmare is we will win a big Lotto,   betcha within 18 months we would be divorced and facing bankruptcy like allot of other winners.

 

[DLR Pyro]

Meet Mansa Musa I of Mali – the richest human being in all history
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/meet-mansa-musa-i-of-mali--the-richest-human-being-in-all-history-8213453.html

What do you know.  The #1 of all time 1%ers is a black man. 

[Rick]

And likely made his money in the slave trade.

[franksolich]

And likely made his money in the slave trade.

Oh, undoubtedly.