In history there are 17 ( or perhaps even more ) people richer than Elon Musk today ( Inflation adjusted ):
Elon Musk net worth : 260 billion USD
1. Mir Osman Ali Khan - 270 billion USD
2. Jakob Fugger - 328 billion USD
3. John D. Rockefeller - 341 billion USD
4. King Croesus - 345 billion USD
5. Cyrus the Great - 350 billion USD
6. Andrew Carnegie - 372 billion USD
7. William the conqueror - 400 billion USD
8. Mansa Musa - 400 billion USD
9. Rothschild family - 500 billion USD
10. Abdul Rahman bin Auf - 606 billion USD
11. King Solomon - 2.1 trillion USD
12. Augustus Caesar - 4.6 trillion USD
13. Joseph Stalin - 7.5 trillion USD
14. Akbar the first - 21 Trillion USD
15. Emperor Shenzong of Song - 30 trillion USD
16. Alexander the great - 32 trillion USD
17. Genghis Khan - 100 to 150 trillion USD
It is kind of crazy that for a lot of history kings used to own entire nation states yet there are less than 20 people on the list richer than the richest man alive today.
As global wealth continues to go up, we can expect some of those previous records to be easily enough broken, such as Mir Osman, Jakob Fugger, and John D. Rockefeller by the end of the year.
The Rockefeller family today is worth 10.3 billion USD.
Genghis Khan's inflation adjusted net worth is the hardest to believe.
Similarly, the greatest empire of all time was the Persian empire, which at its peak around 480 BC accounted for 44% of the world's population.
In comparison, India's share of world population today is 17.76%.
In all other ways except technologically and genetically, we are today living in the scraps of far greater empires and greater men.
I am personally betting on Elon Musk's net worth crossing 1 trillion USD. Which would make his net worth 150x lesser than that of Genghis Khan.
Conclusion:
Genghis Khan was the greatest man that ever lived. Nobody will ever be able to beat his record for centuries to come.
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I'm sure the ruler of 4000 Bronze Age Palestinian goat herders was eight times richer than Elon Musk
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inflation adjusted and he owned the entire kingdom
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I'd be surprised if Elon passes 1 trillion, as most of his businesses now have major competition, which are not run by a nincompoop.
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SpaceX competitor?
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That's why I said "most"... lol
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He will pass a trillion. A monopoly on space travel is worth trillions.
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Tesla also had a big head start on its competitors in the EV market, but has largely squandered the lead. SpaceX might likely do the same.
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It has not. Only Chinese EV are more competitive.
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Tesla's share of the US EV car market just fell below 50%, and is expected to fall lower. His decision making is becoming increasingly irrational, and that's not good for business.
I didn't expect to see an Elon fanboi in rDrama, of all places.... I hate to break it to you, but Rocket Man is probably going down.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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The present is merely the past rolled up and concentrated in this second of time.
-- Will Durant
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