Top 80 Most Memorable Richest People Of The Past
- 10 Richest People of All Time and How They Made Their Fortunes - Neatorama.
- 15 Habits That Distinguish The Poor From The Rich - "We all wonder what makes the self-made rich different from the people unable to escape being poor. How do self-made millionaires achieve their wealth, and what keeps it growing? Through extensive studies and research, I’ve been able to identify a variety of habits that distinguish the two."
- 25 Richest People Who Ever Lived – Inflation Adjusted - Celebrity Networth.
- 40 Richest Americans Of All Time – Inflation Adjusted - Celebrity Networth.
- Billionaires Who Died In 2021 - "From a gambling tycoon with a global empire to a member of the storied Rothschild banking family, a total of 27 billionaires passed away this year, leaving behind legacies of entrepreneurship - and billions of dollars. That’s out of a total of 2,755 billionaires Forbes found for our 2021 list of the World’s Billionaires, published in April 2021."
- Bloomberg Billionaires Index - "Today's ranking of the world's richest people." Daily ranking of the world's wealthiest people.
- Charles T. Munger, Much More Than Warren Buffett’s No. 2, Dies at 99 - "A billionaire himself, he was the witty vice chairman of Mr. Buffett’s powerhouse investment firm Berkshire Hathaway. But he had far more influence than his title suggested."
- FORBES: THE WORLD'S BILLIONAIRES - Today’s Winners & Losers.
- List of wealthiest historical figures - Wikipedia.
- Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived - "Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires' list released this week. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history."
- Microsoft co-founder’s collection poised to raise $1bn in ‘largest art auction in history’ - "Proceeds from sale of 150 works owned by the late billionaire Paul Allen will go to charity."
- Mohamed Al Fayed accused of rape & sexual assault by 20 women - "The BBC has heard testimony from more than 20 female ex-employees who say the billionaire, who died last year aged 94, sexually assaulted or raped them. The documentary and podcast - Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods - gathered evidence that, during Fayed’s ownership, Harrods not only failed to intervene, but helped cover up abuse allegations."
- Mohamed Al Fayed dies aged 94: Former Harrods & Ritz Paris Hotel owner - "Passes away nearly 26 years to the day since his son Dodi was killed in car crash with Princess Diana."
- Mohamed Al Fayed: perennial outsider, savvy businessman & grief-broken father - "The larger-than-life ex-Harrods owner, who has died aged 94, was never far from the headlines or controversy but was an indomitably bold figure."
- Paul Allen: Largest art auction ever to sell Microsoft co-founder's $1bn collection - "An estimated $1bn worth of art belonging to the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will be sold at the largest art auction in history. The collection includes masterpieces by Botticelli, Renoir, David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein. Christie's auction house said proceeds of the November sale would be given to charity, as Mr Allen wished."
- The Bezos of Black Wall Street - "A century ago, O.W. Gurley built an empire of African American businesses in Tulsa. Though it all came burning down in the massacre of 1921, new generations of entrepreneurs rose from the ashes."
- The Billionaires Who Died In 2020: Remembering Their Lives - Forbes.
- Wealthiest Americans (1957) - Wikipedia.
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 - ADNAN KHASHOGGI - (1935-2017). At a peak net worth of about US$40 billion in the early 1980s, he was considered one of the richest men in the world.
- Aga Khan III - (1877-1957).
- Alexander Turney Stewart - (1803-1876). Irish entrepreneur who made his multimillion-dollar fortune in what was at the time the most extensive and lucrative dry goods business in the world.
 - ALFRED KRUPP - (1812-1887).
 - ANDREW CARNEGIE - (1835-1919).
 - ANDREW W. MELLON - (1855-1937).
- ANTENOR PATIÑO - (1896-1982). Called "The King of Tin".
 - ARISTOTLE ONASSIS - (1904-1975). Prominent Greek shipping magnate. Known as "The Golden Greek".
- ASTOR FAMILY - founded by John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848).
 - AXEL SPRINGER - (1912-1985).
 - Axel Wenner-Gren - (1881-1961). Swedish entrepreneur and one of the wealthiest men in the world during the 1930s.
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 - BARBARA HUTTON - (1912-1979). American socialite, heiress and debutante, often dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl".
 - BASIL ZAHAROFF - (1849-1936). Reputedly one of the richest men in the world of his time.
 - BERNARD BARUCH - (1870-1965).
 - BERNARD CORNFELD - (1927-1995).
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 - Calouste Gulbenkian - (1869-1955). One of the world's wealthiest individuals and his art acquisitions considered one of the greatest private collections. His habit of retaining five percent of the shares of the oil companies he developed earned him the nickname "Mr. Five Percent".
- CHARLES CROCKER - (1822-1888).
- CHARLES M. SCHWAB - (1862-1939).
 - CONRAD HILTON - (1887-1979).
 - CORNELIUS VANDERBILT - (1794-1877).
 - Cosimo de' Medici - (1389-1464).
- CROESUS - (595 BC - c. 547? BC).
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- DANIEL DREW - (1797-1879).
 - DANIEL K. LUDWIG - (1897-1992). #1 on the first Forbes 400 Richest Americans list published in 1982.
- DAVID KOCH - (1940-2019). Net worth: US$48 billion.
 - DORIS DUKE - (1912-1993). American heiress, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist.
- DU PONT FAMILY founded by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817).
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- E. H. Harriman - (1848-1909).
 - Edward T. Stotesbury - (1849-1938).
- EleuthÈre IrÉnÉe du Pont - (1771-1834).
- Ernest Cassel - (1852-1921).
 - EstÉe Lauder - (1906-2004).
- Evelyn de Rothschild, Scion of Banking Dynasty, Dies at 91 - "Initially showing little promise, he eventually joined the family firm and rose to chairman, wielding vast influence in Britain’s financial and political affairs."
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 - GIANNI AGNELLI - (1921-2003).
- Guggenheim family - Meyer Guggenheim (February 1, 1828 – March 15, 1905).
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 - HANS RAUSING - (1926-2019). Net worth: US$12 billion.
- HENRI DETERDING - (1866-1939).
 - HENRY CLAY FRICK - (1849-1919).
 - Henry Flagler - (1830-1913).
 - HENRY FORD - (1863-1947).
 - Hetty Green - (1834-1916). Nicknamed "The Witch of Wall Street". Known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age.
- HOUSE OF MEDICI - (14th century-1737).
 - HOWARD HUGHES - (1905-1976).
 - Huguette Clark - (1906-2011).
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 - INGVAR KAMPRAD - (1926-2018). Net worth: US$46.8 billion (Bloomberg, September 2017). Founder of IKEA.
 - Ivar Kreuger - (1880-1932). Known as the "Match King".
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 - J. P. MORGAN - (1837-1913). A.k.a. the Jupiter of Wall Street.
 - J. PAUL GETTY - (1892-1976).
- Jacob Rothschild, financier & member of the banking family, dies at 87 - "City grandee and hereditary peer co-founded a number of companies and was also involved in the arts."
 - JAKOB FUGGER - (1459-1525). The first documented millionaire. Considered to be one of the richest persons of all time.
 - JAMES BUCHANAN DUKE - (1856-1925). U.S. tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for the introduction of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing, and his involvement with Duke University.
 - JAMES FISK - (1835-1872).
 - James Goldsmith - (1933-1997).
- JAY COOKE - (1821-1905).
 - JAY GOULD - (1836-1892).
 - JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER - (1839-1937). World's first US$-billionaire (1913). Net worth in today's money: US$340 billion.
 - JOHN JACOB ASTOR - (1763-1848). U.S.A's first US$-millionaire.
 - JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV - (1864-1912).
 - JOSEPH P. KENNEDY - (1888-1969).
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 - KIRK KERKORIAN - (1917-2015). Net worth: US$4 billion.
 - KRUPP FAMILY - prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen.
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 - LEONA HELMSLEY - (1920-2007). Notoriously called the "Queen of Mean".
 - Liliane Bettencourt - (1922-2017). Net worth: US$44.9 billion. The richest woman in the world at the time of her death, making her the fourteenth richest person in the world.
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 - MANSA MUSA - Musa I of Mali (c. 1280 - c. 1337). Richest person of all time! - net worth: US$400 billion.
- Maurice de Hirsch - (1831-1896).
 - MAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD - (1744-1812).
 - MEDICI FAMILY - (14th century-1737).
- MELLON FAMILY - founded by Judge Thomas Mellon (1813–1908).
 - MEYER GUGGENHEIM - (1828-1905).
 - MOAMMAR GADHAFI - (1942-2011). One of the richest men in the world - ever! US$200 billion+.
 - Mohamed Al-Fayed - (1929-2023). Egyptian business magnate. Amongst Fayed's business interests are ownership of the English Premiership football team Fulham Football Club, Hôtel Ritz Paris and formerly Harrods Department Store, Knightsbridge, London, U.K.
 - MÆRSK MC-KINNEY MØLLER - (1913-2012).
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 - NATHAN MAYER ROTHSCHILD - (1777-1836).
 - Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, Nicholas II of Russia - (1868-1918). The wealthiest monarch and head of state in history: net worth US$290 billion in today's money.
 - Nubar Gulbenkian - (1896-1972).
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 - PAUL ALLEN - (1953-2018). Net worth: US$26.1 billion.
 - PEGGY GUGGENHEIM - (1898-1979).
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 - ROCKEFELLER FAMILY - founded by John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937).
 - Rothschild family - at its height, the family is believed to have possessed by far the largest private fortune in the world as well as by far the largest fortune in modern world history: net worth US$350 billion.
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 - SAM WALTON - (1918-1992).
 - Samuel Insull - (1859-1938).
 - Simon Spies - (1921-1984). Famous Danish eccentric billionaire & bon vivant.
 - Solomon R. Guggenheim - (1861-1949).
 - STAVROS NIARCHOS - (1909-1996).
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 - VANDERBILT FAMILY - founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877).
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- WALLENBERG FAMILY - founded by André Oscar Wallenberg, (19 November 1816 in Linköping - 12 January 1886 in Stockholm), who first founded Filialbanken in 1855, and then Stockholms Enskilda Bank in 1856. Net worth: SEK1846 billion. (Source: Swedish business magazine Affärsvärlden, July 2013). Major stock holdings: Ericsson, Investor, SEB, ABB.
- Walter Haefner - (1910-2012). Net worth: US$4.3 billion. The oldest person worth more than a billion dollars pn Forbes' 2012 list.
- WHITNEY FAMILY - founded by John Whitney (1592-1673).
 - WILLIAM A. CLARK - (1839-1925). American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads. The Las Vegas area was organized as Clark County, Nevada, in Clark's honor.
- William Collins Whitney - (1841-1904).
 - William Randolph Hearst - (1863-1951). American newspaper publisher who built the nation’s largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism. He later expanded to magazines, creating the largest newspaper and magazine business in the world. His life story was the main inspiration for the development of the lead character in Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane. His mansion, Hearst Castle, on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean near San Simeon, California, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, was donated by the Hearst Corporation to the state of California in 1957.
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