who was the richest man in america ever?
462961
In the 1996 book The Wealthy 100, authors Michael Klepper and Robert Gunther placed John D. Rockefeller atop the list of the richest Americans in history, followed by Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor. Bill Gates was the top living person, coming in fifth.
356531
Jeff Bezos is presently the richest man, with an estimated net worth of over $150 billion dollars according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
21002
With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history. But he is by no means the richest man of all time. That title is believed to belong to Mansa Musa, the 14th Century West African ruler who was so rich his generous handouts wrecked an entire country's economy.
308289
['1) Jeff Bezos. Net Worth (2018): $112 Billion. ... ', '2) Bill Gates. Net Worth (2018): $90 Billion. ... ', '3) Warren Buffet. Net Worth (2018): $84 Billion. ... ', '4) Bernard Arnault. Net Worth (2018): $72 Billion. ... ', '5) Mark Zuckerberg. Net Worth (2018): $71 Billion. ... ', '6) Amancio Ortega. Net Worth (2018): $70 Billion. ... ', '7) Carlos Slim Helu.']
621930
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the world's wealthiest person for the third year in a row, worth $113 billion.
492169
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.
228990
Rockefeller, America's first billionaire, ranked seventh. 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.
187511
Bill Gates is the second-richest person in the world. The Microsoft cofounder is worth an estimated $104 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His wealth is surpassed only by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who has a current net worth of $118 billion.
543056
['Jeff Bezos. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has a net worth of 153.6 Billion US$ and ranks as the richest one on the earth today. ... ', 'Bill Gates. ... ', 'Bernard Arnault. ... ', 'Mark Zuckerberg. ... ', 'Warren Buffet. ... ', 'Steve Ballmer. ... ', 'Amancio Ortega. ... ', 'Larry Ellison.']
567640
['Jeff Bezos - $32 billion. ... ', 'Larry Page - $32.3 billion. ... ', 'Michael Bloomberg - $33 billion. ... ', 'Sheldon Adelson - $38 billion. ... ', 'Larry Ellison - $48 billion. ... ', 'Amancio Ortega - $64 billion. ... ', 'Carlos Slim Helu - $72 billion. ... ', 'Bill Gates - $76 billion. Topping the list with a net worth of $76 billion is Bill Gates.']
1140258
['Abigail Johnson, 57, $14 billion (net worth) ... ', 'Edward Johnson, III, 89, $7 billion. ... ', 'Robert Kraft, 78, $6.9 billion. ... ', 'Jim Davis and family, $6.7 billion. ... ', 'Amos Hostetter, Jr., 82, $3.6 billion. ... ', 'Edward Johnson, IV, and Elizabeth Johnson, $3.2 billion (each)']
847311
Best-known, however, was John Jacob Astor IV, of the renowned Astor family. His net worth of $87 million, the equivalent of $2.2 billion today, made him amongst the wealthiest men in New York City, and by far the richest man onboard.
19350
(CNN) Jeff Bezos is still the richest person in the world, even after losing $10 billion in one year. The Amazon founder held onto the top spot in the final day of the 2019 Bloomberg Billionaire Index with an estimated net worth of $115 billion.
1133517
When Jeff Bezos took the title as the richest person in the world, according to Forbes in 2018, he had an estimated net worth of approximately $112 billion.
731453
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.
77509
['Jeff Bezos. Net Worth: $116.9 billion1\ufeff Founder: Amazon (AMZN) ... ', 'Bill Gates. Net Worth: $99.9 billion3\ufeff Co-Founder: Microsoft Corp. ( ... ', '3. Bernard Arnault Family. Owner of LVMH. Net Worth: $91.6 billion8\ufeff ... ', 'Warren Buffett. Net Worth: $70.5 billion9\ufeff ... ', 'Larry Ellison. Chief Technology Office and Founder of Oracle.']
787585
Some people are unfathomably rich. According to Forbes, as of April 2020, Amazon's Jeff Bezos is the wealthiest man alive, with $113 billion to his name. That's around the combined gross domestic product of Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, which have around 74 million people between them.