10 Richest People of All Time
Posted in Interesting Stuff | By AhTim @ July 11th, 2008
Who is the richest man of all time? Do you answer Bill Gates? No no, not even close. The richest man of all time is measured by percentage of the national economy. Mr Bill Gates is far behind this richest man, John D. Rockefeller.
I’ve listed down the top 10 richest people of all time and their business type.
10 Richest People
1. John D. Rockefeller
- Peak wealth: $318.3 billion (based on 2007 US dollar)
- Business: Standard oil
2. Andrew Carnegie
- Peak wealth: $298.3 billion.
- Business: Steel Manufacturer
3. Nicholas II of Russia
Peak wealth: $253.5 billion.
Business: Inherited from Russian Imperial
4. William Henry Vanderbilt
- Peak wealth: $231.6 billion.
- Business: Railroad Empire
5. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII
- Peak wealth: $210.8 billion.
- Business: The Ruler of Hyderabad and Berar
6. Andrew W. Mellon
- Peak wealth: $188.8 billion.
- Business: Bank, Oil, Steel, Shipbuilding, and Construction
7. Henry Ford
- Peak wealth: $188.1 billion.
- Business: Automobiles, The Ford Motor
8. Marcus Licinius Crassus
- Peak wealth: $169.8 billion.
- Business: Politician, Slave Trade, Silver Mining, and Real Estate
9. Basil II
- Peak wealth: $169.4 billion.
- Business: Byzantine emperor
10. Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Peak wealth: $167.4 billion.
- Business: Ferry and Railroad business
Are you in same industry with anyone of them? Please don’t get me wrong. I am not asking you to become the rich people in this world like them. Most of them was ruthless in their business and their family was not happy too. But they work for their whole life so hard till die.
So, what is the point? The point is wealth does not mean anything, I rather be a commonplace full time blogger at home. What do you think 
At that time, they still don’t know what blogger is!
[source: Neatorama]
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July 12th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Haha.. like your conclusion. Wealth doesnt always bring happiness ey:) anyway, are these people still alive?
July 16th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
@dadude: I don’t think so
July 17th, 2008 at 5:53 am
Well, I’ve been thinking about one question. Blogging is not for everyone, especially full time blogging. If everyone stay at home and become a full time blogger, it will destroy the balance of the society.
Imagine everyone blogs for a living and no one working in the service sector, we can’t even get our daily needs by that time.