Newsflash! Richest Man in the History of World was Black African King...

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I know white people have made most black people think that black history begins and ends with the slave trade, but historians have surmised in a new report released this week that a black African King from Mali named Mansa Musa I was the richest human being that has ever lived on the face of earth with an estimated wealth of $400 billion.

Dude was swaggin on these cacs before the term became more popularly known!

Meet Mansa Musa I of Mali

When we think of the world’s all-time richest people, names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and John D Rockefeller immediately come to mind.

But few would have thought, or even heard of, Mansa Musa I of Mali – the obscure 14th century African king who was today named the richest person in all history.

With an inflation adjusted fortune of $400 billion, Mansa Musa I would have been considerably richer than the world’s current richest man, Carlos Slim, who ranks in 22nd place with a relatively paltry $68 billion.

The list, compiled by the Celebrity Net Worth website, ranks the world’s 24 richest people of all time. The list advertises itself as the top 25, but 26 names appear in the list.

Although the list spans 1000 years, some aspects of wealth appear consistent throughout history; there are no women on the list, only three members are alive today, and 14 of the top 25 are American.

The list uses the annual 2199.6 per cent rate of inflation to adjust historic fortunes – a formula that means $100 million in 1913 would be equal to £2.299.63 billion today.

Mansa Musa I ruled West Africa’s Malian Empire in the early 1300s, making his fortune by exploiting his country’s salt and gold production. Many mosques he built as a young man still stand today.

After Mansa Musa I death in 1331, however, his heirs were unable to hang on to the fortune, and it was substantially depleted by civil wars and invading armies.

Second on the list are the Rothschild family, whose descendants are still among the richest people on the planet. Starting out in banking in the late 18th Century, Mayer Amschel Rothschild’s finance house accumulated a total wealth of $350 billion. The money has since been divided between hundreds of descendants, many of whom are business leaders today.

Meanwhile John D. Rockefeller, third on the list, is the richest American to have ever lived, worth $340billion in today's USD at the time of his death in 1937.

In comparison, the poorest man on the list is 82-year-old Warren Buffett, who at his peak net worth, before he started giving his fortune to charity, was $64billion.

Here’s the full list of the ‘26 richest people of all time’:

1. Mansa Musa I, (Ruler of Malian Empire, 1280-1331) $400 billion

2. Rothschild Family (banking dynasty, 1740- ) $350 billion

3. John D Rockefeller (industrialist, 1839-1937) $340 billion

4. Andrew Carnegie (industrialist, 1835-1919) $310 billion

5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (last Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918) $300 billion

6. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (last ruler of Hyderabad, 1886-1967) $236 billion

7. William the Conqueror (King of England, 1028-1087) $229.5 billion

8. Muammar Gaddafi (former Libyan leader, 1942-2011) $200 billion

9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company founder, 1863-1947) $199 billion

10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, 1794-1877) $185 billion

11. Alan Rufus (Fighting companion of William the Conqueror, 1040-1093) $178.65 billion

12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, 1955- ) $136 billion

13. William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (Norman nobleman, ??-1088) $146.13 billion

14. John Jacob Astor (businessman, 1864-1912) $121 billion

15. Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel (English nobleman, 1306-1376) £118.6 billion

16. John of Gaunt (son of Edward III, 1330-1399) £110 billion

17. Stephen Girard (shipping and banking mogul, 1750-1831) $105 billion

18. Alexander Turney Stewart (entrepreneur, 1803-1876) $90 billion

19. Henry, 1st Duke of Lancaster (English noble, 1310-1361) $85.1 billion

20. Friedrich Weyerhaeuser (timber mogul, 1834-1914) $80 billion

21. Jay Gould (railroad tyc00n, 1836-1892) $71 billion

22. Carlos Slim (business magnate, 1940- ) $68 billion

23. Stephen Van Rensselaer (land owner, 1764- 1839) $68 billion

24. Marshall Field (Marshall Field & Company founder, 1834-1906) $66 billion

25. Sam Walton (Walmart founder, 1918-1992) $65billion

26. Warren Buffett (investor, 1930- ) $64billion

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

So a black man being another rich elite 1%er makes you prideful? Measure a man by his character. Swaggin on cacs?

Even in giving Mansa Musa props your preoccupation is still with white peoples' perceptions.

 

[Mook]

So a black man being another rich elite 1%er makes you prideful? Measure a man by his character. Swaggin on cacs?

Even in giving Mansa Musa props your preoccupation is still with white peoples' perceptions.

musa was goat though. he single handedly sonned the Egyptian economy

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[88m3]

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[Hiphoplives4eva]

So a black man being another rich elite 1%er makes you prideful? Measure a man by his character. Swaggin on cacs?

Even in giving Mansa Musa props your preoccupation is still with white peoples' perceptions.

I figured instead of celebrating black excellence you would find someway to spin this into a negative light. How about you find another "Obama Rules!" thread to post in instead of sullying this thread with your negativity?


And, why do you hate black people?

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I figured instead of celebrating black excellence you would find someway to spin this into a negative light. How about you find another "Obama Rules!" thread to post in instead of sullying this thread with your negativity?


And, why do you hate black people?

I'm just trying to get you to see the large picture. The empire of Mali was a flourishing civilization at the forefront of education and architecture. Why not highlight this instead of praising Mansa Musa for having a bunch of guap and "swagging on cacs" hundreds of miles away?

This may be unpopular to say on a hip-hop message board, but there are higher virtues than being ultra-rich and impressing white people.

 

[Resident Geordie]

Andrew Marr's History of the World - Into the Light - YouTube

Heres a recient BBC documentary which has a section on Mansa Musa.

Scorch posted the full episode in the Documentary thread

 

[MMS]

willing to bet his people starved

1star and nr

wealth isnt a true measure of a man

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[Hiphoplives4eva]

I'm just trying to get you to see the bigger picture. The empire of Mali was a flourishing civilization at the forefront of education and architecture. Why not highlight this instead of praising Mansa Musa for having a bunch of guap and "swagging on cacs" hundreds of miles away?

This may be unpopular to say on a hip-hop message board, but there are higher virtues than being ultra-rich and impressing white people.

Oh so your a crusader of virtue and truth now?

And for the record, I will highlight whatever I feel like highlighting in threads i create. And the fact he was swagging on cacs doesn't take away from any of his other great accomplishments. Stop being a miserable fukk. Its getting tiresome.

GTFOH.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Oh so your a crusader of virtue and truth now?

And for the record, I will highlight whatever I feel like highlighting in threads i create. And the fact he was swagging on cacs doesn't take away from any of his other great accomplishments. Stop being a miserable fukk. Its getting tiresome.

GTFOH.

But that's your perpetual state. Again I'm trying to give you the large picture.

Lol@you turning your rep off because @MMSex just turned you red.

 

[Mook]

idk what u mean by swagging on cacs. dude probably had never seen a white person in his life.
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[Dusty Bake Activate]

idk what u mean by swagging on cacs. dude probably had never seen a white person in his life.
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That's what I'm saying. He talked about how we need to understand that black history didn't start with slavery, then he goes on to talk about how Mansa Musa "swagged on cacs," trivializing his life to how he may have been viewed through the eyes of white people, way up in Europe who had no contact with him.

 

[daze23]

HHL4E takes every opportunity possible to brag about his graphics card. of course he thinks there's something virtuous about being the 'richest man in the world' in the 14th century

 

[DANKTHRONE]

Mansa Musa is one of the top 3 leaders to play in Civ IV

 

[DANKTHRONE]

It is a fukking crime against humanity what those taliban backed militia groups are doing in Mali right now tho.