Comments on: 10 Richest People of All Time and How They Made Their Fortunes

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:02:33 +0000

U guys forgot about me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got $387 billion

By: Business Entrepreneur

Business Entrepreneur — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:11:10 +0000

thanks for the list! good to know these people..

By: arictocrata

arictocrata — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:39:39 +0000

Hah..I guess if the wealth of Imelda Marcos and the late Preident/dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos will be recovered then they could become one of those listed here.There was an article that during a court proceeding one of the Marcoses' cronies who became a witness against them told the court that the Marcos wealth have blown up to more than $100 billion. A CIA agent said it was about $200 billion!..Unbelievable but it could be true, because we cannot deny the fact that Imelda, her children and her brothers are still living glamorously with power and influence, and were never jailed until now.Their wealth are still undisclosed.There were almost 1000 criminal and civil court cases that were dismissed and only a handful remains.Imagine what power and money can do! The Marcos wealth remains a mystery.But definitely they continuously enjoy it secretly.Imelda was caught by papparazzi secretly partying in an Asian country wearing fabulous rubies and dripping in diamonds. Though she said she is poor when being interviewed by the Philippine press. Yeah she's poor that is why she's living in a Posh duplex penthouse decorated lavishly with European Antiques and Gold leaf chairs secured by a bevy of bodyguards right now, and she goes shopping in her bullet proof luxury car with full entourage. And had been caught by the media renovating her Old Mansions that were thought to have been already sequestered by the Philippine Gov't. Now it's in her hands!!

By: Pierre

Pierre — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:58:04 +0000

I am the richest person on earth, cause I am the happiest husband and father ever.

By: Navajo

Navajo — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:46:05 +0000

They say Alexander the Great handed to one of his kinmen a palace where the clothes only were worth of present 650 million USD. Suspect it was his rather indifferent personal attitude to money and lack of archivisation those times that didn't bring the records of his wealth to our days. But then again I do agree Kublay Khan indeed ruled and owned the biggest empire ever existing - and the richest as well!

By: Correction

Correction — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:39:08 +0000

Correction to the guy who said Britain only ruled 1/4th of the worlds land surface. Anyone who can do sums would realise 2/5ths of the worlds suface is actually just under half. So No your guy isn't the richest ever. Britain owned more than the mongols.

By: roth

roth — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:16:38 +0000

This is personal wealth, now what you are in control of at banks and firms that can change hands, thats why the Rothschild's are not on here.

By: Fatai ismail

Fatai ismail — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:25:15 +0000

Can anyone tellme who the present world richest man is,as at 2009????????????????????????????????

By: Pentaveret

Pentaveret — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:11:41 +0000

What about the Colonel? Colonel Sanders has to be on the list!! He is part of the Pentaveret...with his wee beady little eyes and secret recipe that makes you crave his chicken every fortnight!!

By: MWYS

MWYS — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:11:07 +0000

This list was a fascinating read - many thanks.

By: DOOM

DOOM — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:23:19 +0000

wrong here is the truth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richest_man_in_history

By: secret asian man

secret asian man — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:36:42 +0000

Obviously, this list has been manipulated by TEH JOOOZ who control the world.

In the 20th century, TEH JOOOZ got pogroms in Russia and Poland, followed by the Nazi death camps, and finally got themselves one percent of the land in the Middle East and no oil, while finding themselves surrounded by enemies orders of magnitude larger than them that controlled half the world's oil and the Suez Canal. Finally, they're now deeply hated by nearly everyone in their large and powerful European neighbors.

If that's the result of TEH JOOOZ trying to control the world, they need to quit pronto, because it's not working out so hot for them.

By: Prince

Prince — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:59:33 +0000

Blain,
How the country invaded its own state, well first you need to get some inside into India's history then you would know that Hyderabad which were a part of Deccan Empire rules by Nizam's which were autonomous part of India during British rule. When Britishers left India after Indian Independence, they left it to Nizam whether he would join India or remain a Independent state of its own. Nizam wanted to be Independent, even though Nizam itself was having more money than India itself but didn't have army big enough to fight Against newly independent country, which forced which in History of India called "Police Action" in which they invaded Deccan and absorb in India, like what US did with Texas, country invaded its own state in your words.

By: shirgie

shirgie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:20:54 +0000

This is so far from my own list. I believe you are referring to the richest people at all times. I have an updates of who are the richest people in the world for the year 2008 and none of them is on your list. I guess people needs to work harder now to reach up to the level of these people...

By: CARLOS

CARLOS — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:24:58 +0000

the reaso jonh d. rockfeller was the richest man of all time was because he always thite 10% to his chrch if you are planing on having money remember that

By: Britney Spearson

Britney Spearson — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:22:39 +0000

How come there are no women on this list? I guess it is b/c they were not allowed to do anything back then but how about now? I'll be the first woman billionaire who will go down in history...:)P.S. I won't have facial hair..

By: Jacob

Jacob — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:20:05 +0000

Well it is indid my first time loggin on your page. But my main interest is towards the spending of money with these poeple ie. John Davison Rockeffeler. How thay spent their money, what were their hobbies, any thing but busness. Just trying to get their mind set.

By: jamesronald

jamesronald — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:00:33 +0000

HELLO RICH MEN OUT THERE DON;T BOTHER TO WASTE UR MONEY ON BUYING SHARES AND UNVALUABLE PROPERTIES I HAVE A PORTION Of REFINERY TO SELL OUT IN CHEAP PRICE DUE TO MY UGENLT NEED OF MONEY AND I DON;T REALLY NEED IT AGAIN BECOS I CAN NOT MAINTANE IT AND CAN NOLONGER HAVE MONEY TO RUN IT ANY MORE IT HAS NEW MACHINE OF REFINNIG OIL,GAS AND PETROL....I DON;T WANT TO DISPLAY OTHERs DOCUMENT AND INFORMATION OF THE REFINERY OUT HERE DUE TO SCAMMER BUT IF U ARE REALLY INTERESTED AND WILLING TO BUY IT I CAN SELL IT TO U ALL I HAVE IS FIVE PORTION TO SELL AND EACH PORTION WILL BE SOLD FOR 10 MILLION POUNDS PLS IF U NOT INTERESTED DON;T BOTHER TO MAIL ME BECOS IF U TRY I CAN REPORT U TO THE POLICE

By: lionheart

lionheart — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:54:18 +0000

Interesting! They sure are loaded.

By: Club of the Isles

Club of the Isles — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:27:01 +0000

Forget these industrialists, they're small fry, trillions in assets are in the hands of intermarried European royalty and Jewish banking families like the Rothschild's. They own the central banks of every country which control everything, they own you, you just don't know it. Your whole world has been weaved by these people; wars, social systems, dogmas, morals, laws, this media your reading right now, nothing happens by accident, it's all a game. You're a programmed biobot, a slave to banks, governments, religions and corporations. These ruling class families control it all. A few hundred billion is nothing to the people who invented fractional banking to enslave governments and citizens alike, they print money out of thin air, black magicians. The Jews have got you all by the balls, they always did. Illusion after illusion to enslave you.

By: May Baby

May Baby — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:37:14 +0000

I will be the 11th.

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By: Banking Dynasty

Banking Dynasty — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:14:19 +0000

Not allowed to mention the R word. See Oprah's reaction at the mere mention of the name on her show.

* Rothschild banking family of Naples
* Rothschild banking family of England
* Rothschild banking family of Austria
* Rothschild banking family of France

By: Dyno

Dyno — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:41:29 +0000

The article also has a disclaimer saying the DuPont Rothschild and Sinclair have not been accurately calculated. (Mostly due to reasons I stated earlier, they hide thier wealth and the nature of their industries makes it difficult to determine the value of their assets)

By: Dyno

Dyno — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:24:04 +0000

The Rothschilds and others mentioned didnt make the list because the list is based on personal wealth and the value of personal assets. Rockefeller had more value at his peak because he had not only his own liquid assets but also majority stock in the nations top 10 oil companys. Sell all the trucks, railroads, land, refineries, etc of the company add his wealth and then bingo. The Rothschilds and those like them hide their money and also, being bankers, have all their companys money tied up in companies like say, Standard Oil.

By: Elliot Lee

Elliot Lee — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:17:06 +0000

Josh said:

2 Vanderbilt’s are a charm for the top 10 … surprised not to see Sam Walton or Bill Gates. It’s odd that old school people could rack up so many BILLION when money was worth much less.

I reply:

Actually, money was worth a lot MORE back then. $1 would buy a lot more stuff than $1 today. That's why you needed a lot fewer dollars to be a larger fraction of the country's GDP. Today's billionaires have a lot of dollars, but they're not on the list because the dollars are worth less (due to currency manipulation by the government and Federal Reserve). The numbers on the list are adjusted to 2007 dollars, so back in their time, they didn't have billions, but rather millions.

Re: Rich people in China

They probably exist, but it's probably much harder to tell because the country was Communist.

By: Nickoli

Nickoli — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:58:47 +0000

@Blain "Um, how does a country invade one of its own states?" The "Princely State of Hyderabad and Berar" was not part of India until it was invaded. This isn't like the US invading Florida; it's like if the US invaded Mexico and made it part of the US.

By: Supernetuser

Supernetuser — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:38:45 +0000

Forget the wealthy families of China or Egypt, what about Europe's royal family?

By: WTF

WTF — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:47:06 +0000

WTF?WTF?WTF? "FUCK"youaredown

By: Kevin H

Kevin H — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:21:40 +0000

I agree. The Americans look as if they have dominated the list, which leaves me to question what about the wealth of the rulers in Egypt and China?

All-time would be a stretch, but it's interesting how most of them made their fortunes off of commodities.