05-05-2017, 01:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-04-2017, 11:55 AM by ZpaceJ0ck0.)
Do you recognize this man?
No? Well, the man you are seeing right now is called 'Mansa Musa I of Mali', he ruled the Malian Empire which covered (among others) modern day Ghana, Timbuktu and Mali in West Africa. However, he is better know for being the richest man who ever lived.
How rich was this son of a gun? Glad you asked. Some have calculated his total net worth in modern dollars to be 400 billion dollars! When he went on the Hajj pilgrimage (he was a Muslim) he ended up giving out so much gold in Egypt and Arabia, that it caused hyperinflation that gold became next to worthless for the next decade! Yup, dude was so rich he destabilized an entire economy.
Sources:
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/article...justed/#!/
http://www.businessinsider.com/mansa-mus...ory-2016-2
http://www.eachoneteachone.org.uk/mansa-...n-history/
No? Well, the man you are seeing right now is called 'Mansa Musa I of Mali', he ruled the Malian Empire which covered (among others) modern day Ghana, Timbuktu and Mali in West Africa. However, he is better know for being the richest man who ever lived.
How rich was this son of a gun? Glad you asked. Some have calculated his total net worth in modern dollars to be 400 billion dollars! When he went on the Hajj pilgrimage (he was a Muslim) he ended up giving out so much gold in Egypt and Arabia, that it caused hyperinflation that gold became next to worthless for the next decade! Yup, dude was so rich he destabilized an entire economy.
Sources:
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/article...justed/#!/
http://www.businessinsider.com/mansa-mus...ory-2016-2
http://www.eachoneteachone.org.uk/mansa-...n-history/