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    Are These the Richest People Who Ever Lived?

    Robert GrimminckBy Robert GrimminckNovember 3, 2017Updated:November 3, 2017No Comments1 Min Read
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    Assessing who the richest person to ever live was is a rather difficult task. In some cases, the exact amount of wealth the person accumulated is unknown. Secondly, it’s hard to determine the proper exchange rate or the rate of inflation since the person died, or was at the peak of his wealth. Instead, most of these figures are based on the percentage of their nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that the individual personally owned.

    Also, for some perspective, the richest person alive today is Bill Gates. At the time of this article, he is worth $89.8 billion.


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