The richest people of all time
The most wealthy individuals ever
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Heshen – peak net worth: $132 billion (£95bn)
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Bill Gates – peak net worth: $144 billion (£104bn)
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William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey – peak net worth: $146 billion (£105bn)
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John Jacob Astor – peak net worth: $168 billion (£121bn)
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Elon Musk – peak net worth: $189.7 billion (£136.5bn)
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Bernard Arnault – peak net worth: $193.4 billion (£139bn)
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Alan Rufus, 1st Lord of Richmond – peak net worth: $195 billion (£140bn)
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Vladimir Putin: up to $200 billion (£144bn)
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Henry Ford – peak net worth: $200 billion (£144bn)
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Cornelius Vanderbilt – peak net worth: $202 billion (£145bn)
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Jeff Bezos – peak net worth: $204.6 billion (£147bn)
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Muammar Gaddafi – peak net worth: $212 billion (£152bn)
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William the Conqueror – peak net worth: $228 billion (£164bn)
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Jakob Fugger – peak net worth: $277 billion (£199bn)
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Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII– peak net worth: $230 billion (£165bn)
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia – peak net worth: $300 billion (£216bn)
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Andrew Carnegie – peak net worth: $337 billion (£242bn)
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John D. Rockefeller – peak net worth: $367 billion (£264bn)
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Mansa Musa I of Mali – peak net worth: $415 billion (£299bn)
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King Solomon of Israel – peak net worth: $2 trillion (£1.4tn)
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Augustus Caesar – peak net worth: $4.63 trillion (£3.3tn)
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Akbar I – peak net worth: $21 trillion (£15tn)
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Emperor Shenzong of Song – peak net worth: $30 trillion+ (£21.6tn+)
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Genghis Khan – peak net worth: $100s trillions (£100s of trillions)
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