UNCONVENTIONAL WORLD RECORDS

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In recent times, William Henry Gates III, better known as Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft has topped the list of the world’s wealthiest individuals countless times, with an all-time high hitting USD101 billion in 1999. A distant second is Carlos Slim Helú at a mere USD69.8 billion in 2007.

But is Bill Gates the richest man who ever lived?

Not even close.

The following people were wealthier than Gates by a very long shot; that yes, they could afford to pay for the best hemorrhoid treatment!

The Rothschild family (The House of Rothschild), that German-Jewish European business dynasty that established banking and finance companies, during the 19th century, owned the world’s largest fortune in private hands, and surely in modern history. In today’s USD dollars, the total wealth they owned would’ve easily been in “the many hundreds of USD dollar billions, if not in the US dollar trillions.” In their prime, the family had at least 41 palaces, “of a scale and luxury perhaps unparalleled even by the richest Royal families.” The very name “Rothschild” has become synonymous with extravagance and seemingly unlimited wealth: the family was famous for its art collection and its philanthropy.

Pictured above is Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744 – 1812), the man who started it all, one of the most influential businessmen of all time and a “founding father of international finance”.

Marcus Licinius Crassus (115 BC – 53 BC), Roman general, politician, part of the First Triumvirate, and has a legendary greed for amassing riches. At the height of his powers, some historians put his wealth at more than 200 million sestertii. That’s equal to the total annual budget of the Roman treasury! He is surely the richest individual of that time and probably of all time. He’s noted for assisting the then young and poor Julius Ceaser. Apparently molten gold was poured into his mouth shortly after his death to quench his thirst for worldly possessions.

John D. Rockefeller (1839 – 1937) revolutionized the petroleum industry and in 1916 became America’s, and possibly the world’s nominal first US dollar billionaire. Often regarded as the richest person in all of history. Adjusted to today’s dollars, his wealth has been placed between USD392 billion and USD663.4 billion!

Andrew Carnegie (1835 – 1919), founder of the Carnegie Steel Company was one of the most famous industry leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his life was a true “rags to riches” story. A business rival of Rockefeller, some has estimated his wealth to be USD297.8 billion in today’s US dollars.

Tsar Nicholas II (1868 – 1918), the last Emperor of Russia, who, with his family were killed by the Bolsheviks reputedy had a net worth of USD290.7 billion in today’s US dollars. That would make him the wealthiest monarch / head of state of all time.

Asaf Jah VII (1886 – 1967), was the last ruler of the State of Hyderabad and Berar, before it became part of India. During that time, he was reputedly the world’s richest man, at USD2 billion in the early 1940s. Inflation adjusted, that may be equivalent to USD225 billion in 2008 U.S. dollars.

How about King Solomon? Any guy who had 700 wives and 300 concubines must’ve been damn rich!

Source
Wikipedia

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