his fortune to charity, was
$64billion. Heres the full list of the 26 richest people of all time: 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
billion 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 22. Carlos Slim (business
magnate, 1940- ) $68 billion 23. Stephen Van Rensselaer
(land owner, 1764- 1839) $68
billion 24. Marshall Field (Marshall Field
& Company founder, 1834-1906)
$66 billion 25. Sam Walton (Walmart
founder, 1918-1992) $65billion 26. Warren Buffett (investor,
1930- ) $64billion