Comments on: Top 10 Richest Men Of All Time

By: wisdom amadi

wisdom amadi — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:37:18 +0000

one thing i have to say is that we nigerians should have our time to tell such people to come in to our country to invest to creat job opportunity to the people in this our country,thousands are graduating every day no work for them over age people no want to retire even me drop out bcos of fund why is like bcos my dad dont have the money to go further ,i remain like i see my self.

By: jd

jd — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:19:45 +0000

“Crassus is estimated to have had over 1.79 trillion dollars based on an 1828 equivalence of 31 (American) dollars to one sesterce.”————–Means 36.7 Trillion in todays dollars.

By: Clint

Clint — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:11:40 +0000

"According to The Bible Unearthed, archaeological evidence also suggests that the kingdom of Israel at the time of Solomon was little more than a small city state"

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:29:14 +0000

If this list is about the richest men of ‘all time,’ King Solomon is, and always will be #1. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.

Also, there are probably others who would be filling the #2, #3 positions and so on. It’s a bit naive to think mostly Americans are the richest of all time (What about the Roman empire)?

By: phil allen

phil allen — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:06:52 +0000

Where would J Pierpont Morgan appear on a longer list?

By: Jim Hooper

Jim Hooper — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:00:39 +0000

I have to agree with Harold Condra Jr. Nathanial Rothschild’s net worth is in the Trillions – between 1 to 4 Trillion. Due to the unavailablility of their public records of their finances we can not verifie, but only estimate.

By: harold condra jr

harold condra jr — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:12:56 +0000

This list is maybe a list of the top 10 in the world out side of Nathanial Rothschild. He could buy and sell everyone on this list.

By: Saif

Saif — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:22:28 +0000

OK…..the list is all wrong, we asked for top ten richest men of ALL TIME. Sure Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are super rich but they dont even come close to the all time list….heres how it really goes….
1 .John D. Rockefeller – $318.3 billion
2 .Andrew Carnegie – $298.3 billion.
3 .Nicholas II of Russia – $253.5 billion
4 .William Henry Vanderbilt – $231.6 billion
5 .Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII – $210.8 billion
6 .Andrew W. Mellon – $188.8 billion
7 .Henry Ford – $188.1 billion
8 .Marcus Licinius Crassus – $169.8 billion
9 .Basil II – $169.4 billion
10 .Cornelius Vanderbilt – $167.4 billion

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:14:20 +0000

Well, in fact Chinggis Khaan (other names Ginggis khaan, Gengis Khaan) was the richest man on earth who is the first emperor of the Great Mongolian empire. The reason why I propose this is, his empire was across Asia and eastern europe i.e territory from China to Poland including some part of arabia and he almost comquired Germay and Japan(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire) . It’s largest empire in the history of the world. In consequence of that he must have been the richest king in history of the world. No1 found his golds and stuff maybe it’s somewhere in mongolia vast land. kk

By: Gyava

Gyava — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:50:08 +0000

For accuracy, Rockefeller is the wealthiest man in history. It is a fact from all government sources that he had roughly $323 Billion dollars.

Then again, there are historians who believe the wealthiest man in history was Crassus. He had an immeasurable amount of money, but since historians cannot accurately find information about him, people nowadays forget Crassus and say that Rockefeller is the wealthiest man in history.

The numbers and the rankings of the people on this topic are roughly correct. Just a few minor changes like the fact that Astor had $115 Billion Dollars. The net worths are not perfect, but the rankings are.