Top 20 Wealthiest People To Have Ever Lived

These historical figures managed to stack some serious cheddar in their lifetimes. Welcome to WatchMojo, and we’re counting down a diverse array of fortunes from different eras in history, both in terms of personal wealth and controlling the purse strings of massively wealthy nations or empires. Our countdown of the wealthiest people of all time includes Vladimir Putin, John D. Rockefeller, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, and more! What other titans of commerce or government could have made this list? Let us know in the comments!

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[ZorenSosa]

For those who says “money can’t buy happiness” give it to me and I’ll show you how happy i can be!

[nasirben]

Mansa Musa’s royal fortune was estimated 600 billions dollars in today money . They were so rich at time and very educated people . They have one of the oldest universities on earth . Sankore university in Timbuktu and another one in djenee . I’m Ethiopian but I grow up in Mali and I love every single thing about this country ♥️♥️

[Omar-wqdz]

Rockefeller’s wealth would easily put Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to shame

[sogggy]

Genghis Khan had $100 Trillion dollars but no Lambo.

[kdottv]

Can you do a top 20 poorest people in the world

[kratos]

Glad to see John Hammond on the thumbnail.

[AJ-luwx]

Someone should do a segment with those people at the current tax structure.

[jashadhoward]

Not having Mansa Musa in the top 10 or 5 is disappointing tbh

[Foot]

They say Mansa Musa had an incomprehensible amount of money

[ThatOnedude]

Wrong mansa musa’s wealth was literally incomprehensible.

[lliamq]

Andrew Carnegie was born and raised in Dunfermline, Scotland. Not the US! Yes he built his fortune there but he is Scottish

[thablackguy]

You know its gonna be wild when the first entry didn't crack 200 bill...

[TheMILVSCR]

I honestly thought Mansa Musa was top dog since it's hard to "quantify" his total wealth.

[JaylenPotts-zsqw]

I wish I had money wealthy people are very special and amazing.

[Jeremiah_Rivers]

Great wealth indeed followed rulers like Akbar and Catherine, both of whom had “great” in their titles.

[josh]

I did a research paper on Andrew Carnegie in high school.

[bogdantonto]

Mongolia then Mongolia now...
Gingis was something else.
Thousand of children as well. Goodness.

[CandiceVidito]

I would have to say that Queen Elizabeth was the wealthiest person ever to live. R.I.P Queen Elizabeth.

[SoloDeus_Rey]

This list is crazy. Top 10 starts at over $1 trillion.😂😂😂