who was the richest man in colonial america?
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Among non-slave owners, John Hancock might be richest. Hancock was president of the Continental Congress in 1776, and considered the most dangrerous by the British, except for maybe Sam Adams. When the British offerred amnesty to any colonialist who laid down arms, the British exempted two people, Hancock & Sam Adams.
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Jeff Bezos remains world's richest person, as wealthy gain US$1.2 trillion in 2019.
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30 -- The world's richest got even richer in 2019. And Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is still the richest man in the world with over $116 billion. He tops the Bloomberg Billionaires Index which tracks the 500 wealthiest around the globe.
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But the richest man in history, according toMoney, is Mansa Musa, the king of Timbuktu, who lived between 1280 and 1337. Timbuktu was the largest producer of gold at a time when gold was in huge demand, the magazine said.
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['Donald Trump, incumbent and wealthiest U.S. president.', 'George Washington, the first U.S. president and second-wealthiest president.', 'Abraham Lincoln, one of the poorest presidents in terms of net worth.', 'Harry S. Truman, the poorest U.S. President.']
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Robert F. Smith is the richest black man in America, and one of only four to currently have a net worth of more than one billion dollars.
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John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German–American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul and investor who mainly made his fortune in a fur trade monopoly and by investing in real estate in or around New York City.
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The richest person in Michigan is Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert, with an estimated net worth of more than $5 billion.
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1. Investor Robert F. Smith is the richest black man in the country. A Cornell graduate and former Goldman Sachs executive, Smith built his multibillion-dollar fortune running private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, Business Insider previously reported.
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As Amazon's founder and CEO, Bezos was the first person in modern history to accumulate a fortune of over $100 billion — and he currently has a net worth of $171.6 billion, Bloomberg estimates.
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["Warren Buffett. He's described as one of Americas most successful businessmen, and he has a bank balance to prove it.", '4. Bernard Arnault. ... ', 'Mark Zuckerberg. ... ', 'Amancio Ortega. ... ', 'Carlos Slim Helu. ... ', 'Charles and David Koch. ... ', 'Larry Ellison. ... ', 'Michael Bloomberg. ... ']
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On March 6, 2018, Bezos was officially designated the wealthiest person in the world with a registered net worth of $112 billion. He unseated Bill Gates ($90 billion) who was $6 billion ahead of Warren Buffett ($84 billion), ranked third.
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Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world He's trailed closely by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, whose estimated worth is $113 billion.
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Although the Bible mentions a number of wealthy individuals, the richest person by far was King Solomon. His reign is described in the first half of the book of I Kings in the Old Testament.
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['Jeff Bezos Adds $24 Billion To His Wealth, Elon Musk Adds $10.4 Billion. ... ', "Bill Gates Officially Passes Jeff Bezos as World's Richest Person: Bloomberg Billionaires Index. ... ", 'Bill Gates Surpasses Jeff Bezos, Reclaims Richest Person On Earth Title. ... ', 'Bill Gates No Longer The Second Richest.']