Our list of the twenty
richest, based on scholarly estimates and adjusted for inflation, includes
entrepreneurs, warriors, and robber barons. We did not include monarchs, whose
vast wealth is considered public.
richest, based on scholarly estimates and adjusted for inflation, includes
entrepreneurs, warriors, and robber barons. We did not include monarchs, whose
vast wealth is considered public.
Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Carlos Slim are
the only living men who crack the list — and that’s only counting their net
worth at bubble peaks.
the only living men who crack the list — and that’s only counting their net
worth at bubble peaks.
You’ll notice much of the
list come from England and America. Partly this happens because that’s where
estimates were available. But it’s also true extreme private wealth occurred
only several times in history, such as: The great lords of England, the Gilded
Age, and today’s credit bubble.
list come from England and America. Partly this happens because that’s where
estimates were available. But it’s also true extreme private wealth occurred
only several times in history, such as: The great lords of England, the Gilded
Age, and today’s credit bubble.
The 20 Richest People Of All Time are:
- John
D. Rockefelle - Andrew
Carnegie - William
The Conqueror - Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Alan Rufus
- Bill Gates
- William de Warenne
- John Jacob Astor
- Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel
- Stephen Girard
- John of Gaunt
- A.T. Stewart
- Frederick Weyerhaeuser
- Henry Duke of Lancaster
- Jay Gould
- Stephen Van Rensselaer
- Marshall Field
- Sam Walton
- Warren Buffett
- Carlos Slim
