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List of wealthiest historical figues
Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:44 pm
Saw this posted and thought it was interesting: LINK
In 2010 dollars John D Rockefeller would be worth $336 billion. Bill Gates doesn't come anywhere near that.
Edit: accidentally put million not billion
In 2010 dollars John D Rockefeller would be worth $336 billion. Bill Gates doesn't come anywhere near that.
Edit: accidentally put million not billion
This post was edited on 11/6/16 at 6:48 pm
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Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:45 pm to DavidTheGnome
I think you mean billion
Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:46 pm to John McClane
I do 
Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:46 pm to DavidTheGnome
Jakob Fugger
Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:47 pm to Kafka
Chicken comes in at 103
Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:50 pm to DavidTheGnome
Why's this even important? How about a list of the happiest historical figures?
Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:53 pm to DavidTheGnome
Jesus dwarfs all of them combined.
Posted on 11/6/16 at 6:55 pm to Kafka
Yeah, those Fuggers were rich
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:03 pm to DavidTheGnome
Augustus Caesar with $4.6 trillion 
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:09 pm to DavidTheGnome
Hillary will take American's share and give it to illegals.
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:11 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Hillary will take American's share and give it to illegals
Undocumented Citizens
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:15 pm to DavidTheGnome
Caesar laughs at Rockefeller
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:18 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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Caesar laughs at Rockefeller
I guess, but does "owning Egypt" really count?
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
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but does "owning Egypt" really count?
All that gold + jews working for you...
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:22 pm to SEClint
Forgot about the jews
Posted on 11/6/16 at 11:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
Fascinating link. 
Posted on 11/6/16 at 11:23 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'll try George V in 1920.
The British Empire directly controlled 24% of the planet.
The British Empire directly controlled 24% of the planet.
Posted on 11/6/16 at 11:34 pm to 1BamaRTR
When you get to a certain point back in history "adjusting for inflation" kind of becomes pointless. I wonder what kind of methods they are using.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 12:08 am to DavidTheGnome
Would be great if you actually posted the list
Posted on 11/7/16 at 12:36 am to DavidTheGnome
Mansa Musa of Mali was a pretty interesting guy. He gave away so much gold during his hajj that it collapsed economies and led to devaluation of gold in the region for a decade.
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Musa’s pilgrimage caravan included 60,000 companions, 12,000 slaves carrying 4 pounds of gold each, and 80 camels laden with 50 to 300 pounds of gold each. Five hundred of Musa’s servants also rode before him each carrying a 10.5 pound gold staff. Though Musa had more gold than he could have possibly spent on his journey, that didn’t stop him from making an effort.
He gave beggars huge ingots, overpaid at bazaars and tipped with fistfuls of gold dust. Musa also reportedly ordered a new mosque built for him to pray at every Friday. In addition, he made formal charitable donations of 20,000 ounces of gold – 1,250 pounds – each at Cairo, Mecca, and Medina.
The instantaneous and incalculable influx of gold into Cairo, Mecca, and Medina caused hyperinflation the likes of which had never been seen before or since and nearly impoverished all three great cities for over ten years. Assuming roughly equal distribution of the total gold load across all those aforementioned camels, Musa made at least 71,000 pounds of gold basically worthless by just plumb giving it away into climates that considered it scarce and valuable. This means in terms of gold devaluation alone the damage Musa’s pilgrimage caused amounted to $1.5 billion in modern money.
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