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The richest men of all time
If we take into account the estimate of the wealth of the various leaders of the current planet or of there formerly by the historians, the economists, the agents of office related to the intelligence, then here is the list of the men richest of all time:
Values were adjusted with dollar inflation in 2017. This is only the unofficial list of the greatest fortunes of all time.
These figures are very relative, for most of these personalities, it is almost impossible to quantify their wealth exactly. There are also many fantasies, especially around the Rothschild family that have fueled conspiracy theories for decades. In addition, it is necessary to put the amount in question in comparison with the world GDP of the time. For example, Augustus' fortune was 3.5 times the world's GDP at the time, with the world teeming with less exploited resources compared to today (the same order of magnitude for Akbar I).
For the “heads of state” Nabuchodonosor II, Akbar I, Louis XIV, Napoleon I, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, it is the GDP of the territory at the time over which they had all power or their share of the GDP over the duration of their reign. For Genghis Khan, all that he gained in wealth during his invasions was redistributed to his soldiers. The fortunes of the following characters remain to be determined:
- Ramses II, Tutankhamun, Cheops, Chephren, Mykerinos, Nefertiti, Pepi I, Pepi II, Apophis I, Thoutmôsis III, Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, Sethi I, Darius I, Ptolemy II.
- Alexander the Great, Leonidas I, Hannibal Barca, Pericles, Croesus, Pompey, Tiberius, Claude, Nero, Titus, Cicero.
- Mehmet II, Suleiman the Magnificent, Hammurabi.
- Constantine I, Charlemagne, Henry IV, Henry VIII, Richard I, Charles Martel, Philippe II de Macédoine, Charles V.
- The Sumerians, the Assyrians, the Mayans, the Incas. Muʿawiya I, Attila, Sun Tzu, Qin Shihuang, Borom Traï Lokanat, Rama Thibodi II, Suryavarman II, Hâroun ar-Rachîd.
- Salvatore Riina, Du Yuesheng, Kazuo Taoka, Luciano Leggio.
The sovereigns of Venice, of the Vatican.
| Personality | Country | Life | Activity | Fortune | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akbar I | India | 1542-1605 | Emperor | $ 1,715 billion | Time 2015 | |||
| Xerxes I | Persian | 519-465 BC | King | $ 1.16 trillion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Genghis Khan | Mongolian Empire | 1162-1227 | Great khan | $ 1.050 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Abdelaziz Al Saoud | Arabia S. | 1935-present | King | $ 1,035 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Harald V | Norway | 1937-present | King | $ 1,012 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Joseph Stalin | USSR | 1878-1953 | General secretary | $ 962 billion | Time 2015 | |||
| Zayed Al Nahyane | WATER | 1948-present | Emir | $ 828 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Mao Zedong | China | 1893-1973 | President | $ 667 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Sabah IV | Kuwait | 1929-present | Emir | $ 642 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Shâh Jahân | India | 1592-1666 | Emperor | $ 556 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Adolf Hitler | Germany | 1889-1945 | Führer | $ 475 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Mansa Moussa | Mali | 1280-1337 | King | $ 429 billion | The Independant 2012 | |||
| Napoleon I | France | 1769-1821 | Emperor | $ 408 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| John D. Rockefeller | USA | 1839-1937 | Oil | $ 399 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| Rothschild family | Europe | 1520-present | Bank | $ 364 billion | Celebritynetworth 2014 | |||
| Abd al-Rahman III | Cordoba | 891-961 | Emir | $ 346 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| August | Roman Empire | 63 BC-14 | Emperor | $ 345 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Hamad Al Thani | Qatar | 1980-present | Emir | $ 335 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Andrew Carnegie | USA | 1835-1919 | Steel | $ 310 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| Song Shenzong | China | 1048-1085 | Emperor | $ 270 billion | Time 2015 | |||
| Louis XIV | France | 1638-1715 | King | $ 263 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Nicholas II | Russia | 1894-1917 | tsar | $ 244 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| William the Conqueror | Normandy | 1027-1087 | King | $ 243 billion | TheRichest 2013 | |||
| William Henry Vanderbilt | Russia | 1821-1885 | Railway | $ 241 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| Benito Mussolini | Italy | 1883-1945 | Prime Minister | $ 220 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Asaf Jah VII | India | 1886-1967 | Sovereign | $ 219 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| Muammar Gaddafi | Libya | 1942-2011 | leader | $ 219 billion | LA Times 2011 | |||
| Vladimir Putin | Russia | 1952-present | President | $ 205 billion | IB Times 2016 | |||
| Andrew Mellon | USA | 1855-1937 | Bank | $ 196 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| Henry Ford | USA | 1863-1947 | automobile | 195 billion dollars | FBACS 2015 | |||
| Alan the Red | France | 1040-1093 | Noble | $ 186 billion | Celebritynetworth 2014 | |||
| Frederick III | Prussia | 1657-1713 | Elector | $ 179 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Marcus Licinius Crassus | Roman Empire | 115-53 BC | General | $ 176 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| Basil II | Byzantium | 958-1025 | Emperor | $ 176 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | USA | 1794-1877 | Railway | $ 173 billion | FBACS 2015 | |||
| William I | Normandy | 1027-1088 | lord | $ 153 billion | Celebritynetworth 2014 | |||
| Francisco Franco | Spain | 1892-1975 | Head of state | $ 149 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Anne | England | 1665-1714 | Queen | $ 141 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Otto von Bismarck | Prussia | 1815-1898 | Chancellor | $ 136 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| John Jacob Astor | Germany | 1763-1848 | Fur trade | $ 126 billion | Celebritynetworth 2014 | |||
| Richard Fitzalan | England | 1306-1376 | Noble | $ 123 billion | Celebritynetworth 2014 | |||
| John of Ghent | England | 1340-1399 | Noble | $ 114 billion | Celebritynetworth 2014 | |||
| Anthony Salerno | USA | 1911-1992 | Crime | $ 110 billion | Wikia 2017 | |||
| Stephen Girard | France | 1750-1831 | Bank | $ 109 billion | Celebritynetworth 2014 | |||
| Heshen | China | 1750-1799 | Emperor | $ 106 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Lucky Luciano | Italy | 1897-1962 | Crime | $ 102 billion | Wikia 2017 | |||
| Sam Giancana | USA | 1908-1975 | Crime | $ 90 billion | Wikia 2017 | |||
| Michael Franzese | USA | 1951-present | Crime | $ 86 billion | Wikia 2017 | |||
| Anthony Accardo | USA | 1906-1992 | Crime | $ 80 billion | Wikia 2017 | |||
| Santo Trafficante, Jr. | USA | 1914-1987 | Crime | $ 75 billion | Wikia 2017 | |||
| Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | 1928-present | President | $ 72 billion | Investopedia 2016 | |||
| Carlos Marcello | USA | 1910-1993 | Crime | $ 70 billion | Wikia 2017 | |||
| Ali Abdallah Saleh | Yemen | 1942-2017 | President | $ 60 billion | BBC 2015 | |||
| Pablo Escobar | Colombia | 1949-1993 | Drug | $ 56 billion | Celebritynetworth 2016 | |||
| Cleopatra VII | Egypt | 69-30 BC | Queen | $ 56 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Solomon | Israel | 990-931 BC | King | $ 51 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Ali Abdullah Saleh | Yemen | 1942-present | President | $ 47 billion | Investopedia 2016 | |||
| Al Capone | USA | 1899-1947 | Mafia | $ 45 billion | Wikia 2017 | |||
| Nebuchadnezzar II | Babylon | 605-562 BC | King | $ 43 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Julius Caesar | Roman Empire | 100-44 BC | Emperor | $ 39 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Amado Carrillo Fuentes | Mexico | 1956-1997 | Drug | $ 38 billion | Celebritynetworth 2016 | |||
| Ben Ali | Tunisia | 1936-present | President | $ 17 billion | Investopedia 2016 | |||
| Joaquín Guzmán | Mexico | 1957-present | Drug | $ 14 billion | Forbes 2017 | |||
| Narcissus | Roman Empire | ? BC-54 | freed | $ 12 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Dawood Ibrahim | India | 1955-present | Crime | $ 9 billion | Indiatoday 2017 | |||
| Mohammed VI | Morocco | 1963-present | King | $ 6 billion | Wikipedia 2017 | |||
| Marcus Aurelius | Roman Empire | 121-180 | Emperor | $ 5 billion | W3Ask 2017 | |||
| Kim Jong-un | North Korea | 1983-present | Supreme chief | $ 5 billion | Celebritynetworth 2016 | |||
| Hugo Chavez | Venezuela | 1954-2013 | President | $ 4 billion | Daily Mail 2015 | |||
| Saddam Hussein | Iraq | 1979-2003 | President | $ 2 billion | Celebritynetworth 2016 | |||
| Bashar Al-Assad | Syria | 1965-present | President | $ 2 billion | Celebritynetworth 2016 | |||
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