John D. Rockefeller had 318 billion of US dollars. Then he was at the age of 74 years. He had started as a simple accountant, and then created the largest oil company in the world – Standard Oil.
Andrew Carnegie. At his peak, when he was 68, he had 298 billion dollars. Carnegie started as an investor: he pledged his mother’s house and put $ 500 in Adam Express Company. But he got the state due to the production of steel – he built a steel company that produced railroad rails.
Nicholas II, the last Russian tsar, had the wealth of 235 billion dollars. All the wealth he had inherited.
William Henry Vanderbilt – son of the famous Cornelius Vanderbilt, who left the legacy of 100 million dollars to his son. He was able to expand his wealth and earned 231 billion US dollars.
Osman Ali Khan, azafen Jah VII – the last ruler of the Kingdom of Hyderabad and Berrada, now – a part of India. He brought into his country railway and electricity, and earned 210 billion dollars.
Andrew Mellon – son of the famous founder of the Mellon Bank, Thomas Mellon. At 17 years, he opened his own company for wood processing and at 80 years had 188 billion US dollars.
Henry Ford – the most famous member of this list. This was he who had started the automotive industry by introducing the conveyor in a production of cars. So he earned 188 billion dollars to 57 years.
Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman general who lived in 115 BC and made his wealth with foreclosure of homes of “enemies of Rome”. He traded slaves and mined silver. This is how he got 169 billion dollars.
Basil II had a wealth equal to 169 billion US dollars. He ruled in Byzantium in 976 – 1025 years and earned money on the accession of Bulgaria to the Byzantine Empire.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, whom we discussed earlier, earned 167 billion dollars during his life. He was quite a strict man, ruthless to competitors and labor. His son has increased the wealth of Vanderdbilt’s family.
