1. John Jacob Astor IV
John Jacob Astor IV was an American businessman, real estate developer, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. Astor died in the sinking of RMS Titanic during the early hours of April 15, 1912.
Profession: Businessman
Date of birth: 25 July 1830
Birth Place: New York
Net worth: US$87 million
2. William de Warenne
William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Lewes, Seigneur de Varennes, was a Norman nobleman who created Earl of Surrey under William II Rufus. He is among the few who are documented as having fought for William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Profession: Military Leader
Died: 1088
Birth Place: United Kingdoms
Net worth: $147 billion
3. Alan Rufus
Alan Rufus 1st Lord of Richmond was a Breton nobleman and companion of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England. William the Conqueror granted Alan Rufus a significant English fief, later known as the Honour of Richmond, in about 1071.
Profession: Nobleman
Died: 1040
Birth Place: New York
Net worth: $180 billion
4. Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th century, American business owner, magnate as well as a philanthropist who had a net worth equal to $185 billion at the time of his death in 1877. He amassed his riches from railroads and shipping business.
Profession: Businessman
Date of birth: 27 May 1794
Birth Place: New York
Net worth: $185 billion
5. Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
Profession: Founder Of Fords Motors
Date Of Birth: 30 July 1863
Place Of Birth: America
Net Worth: $200 billion
6. Mir Osman Ali Khan
Mir Osman Ali Khan was the last Nizam of the princely state of Hyderabad, the largest princely state in British India. He ruled Hyderabad State between 1911 and 1948 until it was annexed by India.
Profession: Ruler
Date of birth: 6 April 1886
Place of Birth: India
Net Worth: $2 billion
7. Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov, known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917.
Profession: Emperor
Date of birth: 18 May 1868
Place of Birth: Russia
Net Worth: $300 billion
8. Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.
Profession: Industrialist
Date of birth: 25 November 1835
Place of Birth: United Kingdom
Net Worth: $372 billion
9. Mansa Musa
Musa I or Mansa Musa was the tenth Mansa, which translates to “sultan”, “conqueror”, or “emperor”, of the wealthy West African Islamic Mali Empire.
Profession: Emperor
Date of birth: 1280 (estimated)
Place of Birth: Mali
Net Worth: $400 billion
Article source: News18
