FINANCE
Individuals
Wealthiest Individuals Of All-Time
This list features the estimated wealthiest person in recorded history adjusted for inflation in 2024.
RANK | INDIVIDUAL | EST. WEALTH | SOURCE OF INCOME | YEARS |
1 | Genghis Khan | $120 trillion | Mongol Empire | 1162—1227 |
2 | Emperor Shenzong | $30 trillion | Song Dynasty | 1048—1085 |
3 | Akbar I | $21 trillion | Mughal Empire | 1542—1605 |
4 | Empress Wu | $16 trillion | Chinese Empire | 624—705 |
5 | Joseph Stalin | $7.5 trillion | State Ownership | 1878—1953 |
6 | Augustus Caesar | $4.6 trillion | Roman Empire | 63 BC—14 AD |
7 | Catherine the Great | $1.5 trillion | Russian Empire | 1729—1796 |
8 | Mansa Musa | $548 billion | Gold Reserves, Trading, Slavery | 1312—1337 |
9 | Jakob Fugger | $531 billion | Banking, Mining, Merchantry | 1459—1525 |
10 | Elon Musk | $430.9 billion | Tesla, SpaceX, X | 1971—present |
11 | Andrew Carnegie | $372 billion | Carnegie Steel Company | 1835—1919 |
12 | Nicholas II | $348 billion | Russian Empire | 1868—1918 |
13 | John D Rockefeller | $341 billion | Standard Oil Company | 1839—1937 |
14 | Muammar Gaddafi | $280 billion | Oil Reserves | 1942—2011 |
15 | Heshen | $270 billion | Qing Dynasty, Corruption | 1750—1799 |
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