Who was the richest person in history? 8 facts of the rating of the rich naibogateyshih

Time magazine published a list of the wealthiest people of all time. The authors conducted in-depth study rankings. We started with a simple question: who had more money - Rockefeller or Genghis Khan? Inspired, compared wealth given periods of time and economic systems. < 1. Bill Gates - the most wealthy man alive. Forbes estimated the net value of the assets of the founder of Microsoft's 78, 9 billion. However, the list Gates was difficult - he finished in ninth place, ahead only of Genghis Khan.





2. On the eighth place - Alain Breton knight Auburn. He died in 1093 and his condition was 11 thousand pounds. In terms of the present course, he owned to 194 billion US dollars.





3. The seventh place was the founder of Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller, the sixth - the owner of US Steel and the richest Americans of all time, Andrew Carnegie.



< 4. On the fifth line, and it's a surprise, it turned out to Joseph Stalin. Authors rating explained by the fact that he controlled the rich countries "could have everything I wanted».





5. For the same reason, the fourth placed Akbar - Sultan Mughal Empire.





6. The three leaders opens the Chinese emperor Shen-Tsung, who died in 1085. He ruled the empire, producing up to 30 percent of global GDP.





7. One step away from the title of the richest man in history stopped the Emperor Augustus Octavian, who ruled the Roman Empire and died 14 BC. e. According to the economists, his condition is equivalent to about 4, 6 trillion dollars.





8. Well, the greatest rich man found Mansa Musa - the governor of the state of Mali, who lived from 1280 for 1337 years. According to Time, his wealth beyond description. Historians believe that the kingdom of Musa was the largest gold producer in the world. Scientists could not calculate the value of his fortune, but they believe that the cost of one person caused the financial crisis in Egypt.





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