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Richest people in history ranked

Mansa Musa sits atop this richest-figures-in-history ranking with wealth listed as immeasurable, while the other nine all get a dollar number. Genghis Khan lands at $120 trillion, Emperor Shenzong at $30 trillion, Akbar I at $25 trillion, Empress Wu Zetian at $16 trillion. Joseph Stalin shows up at $7.5 trillion, Augustus Caesar $4.6 trillion, Catherine the Great $1.5 trillion. Elon Musk is the only modern name in the mix at ninth with $950 billion, and John D. Rockefeller takes tenth at $420 billion. Figures come from historical wealth estimates and modern value conversions

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Richest people in history ranked

Mansa Musa sits atop this richest-figures-in-history ranking with wealth listed as immeasurable, while the other nine all get a dollar number. Genghis Khan lands at $120 trillion, Emperor Shenzong at $30 trillion, Akbar I at $25 trillion, Empress Wu Zetian at $16 trillion. Joseph Stalin shows up at $7.5 trillion, Augustus Caesar $4.6 trillion, Catherine the Great $1.5 trillion. Elon Musk is the only modern name in the mix at ninth with $950 billion, and John D. Rockefeller takes tenth at $420 billion. Figures come from historical wealth estimates and modern value conversions

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