Wealthy historical figures 2006

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The list of the most wealthy historical figures is based on research done around the world by Forbes magazine in 2006 and other sources of information. This list is based on the historical characters of which where in either the Industrial age, Information Age or no age at all and are solely based on their net worth accumulated by inheritance or personal earnings. The ranking process is done by the percentage of the total GDP of which is of the nation they live in the estimated net worth of these people is calculated into inflation adjusted 2006 dollars, from when historical figures were at the peak of their net worth. In order to be inflation adjusted for 2006 dollars, the bearer of wealth at time of death or at highest point must be at least 17 years ago. Please note that these are the figures for 2006, for the 2007 adjusted list go to List of the Most Wealthy Historical Figures 2007. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

# Name Age when at peak of earnings, or in 2006 for living people Current age, or age at death Wealth in billion US$ Origin Current residence Company Image
1. John D. Rockefeller 97 97 189.7 United States United States Standard Oil
2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 82 82 150.6 United States United States New York Central Railroad, shipping
3. Henry Ford 57 83 140.9 United States United States Ford Motor Company
4. H. L. Hunt 75 85 122.0 United States United States Hunt Refining Company
5. Andrew Carnegie 75 83 120.0 Scotland United States Carnegie Steel Company
6. John Jacob Astor 84 84 103.4 Germany United States American Fur Company
7. Bill Gates 44 51 100.0 United States United States Microsoft
8. Stephen Girard 81 81 95.1 France United States First Bank of the United States
9. Walton family - - 82.5 United States United States Wal-Mart
10. Stephen Van Rensselaer 81 81 79.9 United States United States Rensselaerswyck Estate
11. Frederick Weyerhaeuser 80 80 72.3 Germany United States Weyerhaeuser Corporation
12. Carlos Slim Helú 67 67 70.6 Mexico Mexico Telmex
13. Alexander Turney Stewart 72 72 60.5 Ireland United States Long Island Rail Road
14. Jay Gould 56 56 60.3 Ireland United States Union Pacific
15. Marshall Field 74 74 59.6 United States United States Marshall Field and Company
16. Lawrence Joseph Ellison 55 61 58.0 United States United States Oracle Corporation
17. Sam Walton 76 76 53.0 United States United States Wal-Mart
18. Hetty Green 71 71 52.9 United States United States Seaboard National Bank
19. Warren Buffett 76 76 52.4 United States United States Berkshire Hathaway
20. Andrew Mellon 82 80 48.0 United States United States Gulf Oil
21. Richard B. Mellon 74 70 48.0 United States United States Gulf Oil
22. James G. Fair 63 63 45.0 United States United States James Graham Fair
23. William Weightman 91 86 44.0 United States United States Merck & Company
24. Moses Taylor 76 76 44.0 United States United States Citibank
25. Russell Sage 89 89 43.0 United States United States Western Union
26. John Blair 68 68 43.0 United States United States Union Pacific
27. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. 45 70 41.4 United States United States TWA
28. Cyrus Curtis 82 82 41.2 United States United States Curtis Publishing Company
29. Paul Allen 48 53 40.0 United States United States Microsoft
30. John Werner Kluge 70 92 40.0 Germany United States Metropolitan Broadcasting Company
31. Edward Henry Harriman 61 61 39.0 United States United States Western Union
32. Henry H. Rogers 69 69 39.0 United States United States Standard Oil Company
33. J.P. Morgan 76 76 38.0 United States United States General Electric,US Steel
34. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah 51 60 38.0 Brunei Brunei Kral
35. Oliver H. Payne 78 78 37.0 United States United States Standard Oil Company
36. Henry Frick 68 70 36.0 United States United States Carnegie Steel Company
37. George Pullman 56 66 34.0 United States United States Pullman Sleeper
38. Collis Potter Huntington 70 79 33.0 United States United States Central Pacific Railroald
39. Ingvar Kamprad 80 80 33.0 Sweden Switzerland IKEA
40. Peter Arrell Brown Widener 71 71 32.0 United States United States American Tobacco Company
41. Lakshmi Mittal 54 54 32.0 India England Mittal Steel Company
42. Philip Danforth Armour 68 68 31.9 United States United States Armour Refrigerator Line
43. James C. Flood 52 62 31.0 United States United States Consolidated Virginia Mining Company
44. Elias Hasket Derby 59 59 30.0 United States United States Shipping
45. Mark Hopkins 64 64 29.5 United States United States Central Pacific Railroad
46. Edward Clark 71 71 28.8 United States United States Singer Sewing Machine Company
47. Leland Stanford 69 69 28.5 United States United States Central Pacific Railroad
48. J. Paul Getty 83 83 27.3 United States England Getty Oil Company
49. Thomas Fortune Ryan 77 77 26.9 United States United States British-American Tobacco Company
50. Theo Albrecht & Karl Albrecht - - 26.8 Germany Germany Aldi
51. William Rockefeller 69 69 26.7 United States United States Standard Oil
52. Gordon Moore 72 88 26.0 United States United States Intel Corporation
53. Saudi Arabian King Fahd 75 83 at death 25.0 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia King
54. Amancio Ortega 71 71 24.0 Spain Spain Inditex Group
55. Claus Spreckels 59 59 23.8 Germany United States Spreckels Sugar Company
56. George Peabody 74 74 23.7 United States United States Peabody Trust
57. Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal 48 48 23.7 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Kingdom Holding Company
58. Li Ka-shing 79 79 23.0 China China Hutchison Whampoa Limited
59. Karl Albrecht 83 87 23.0 Germany Germany ALDI
60. David Thomson 50 50 22.0 Canada Canada Thomson Corporation
61. Charles Crocker 66 66 21.7 United States United States Central Pacific Railroad
62. William Andrews Clark 86 86 21.6 United States United States Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
63. Bernard Arnault 57 57 21.5 France France LVMH
64. George Eastman 78 78 21.5 United States United States Eastman Kodak Company
65. Charles Tiffany 90 90 21.4 United States United States Tiffany & Co
66. Saudi Arabian King Abdullah 82 82 21.0 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia King
67. Roman Abramovich 40 40 21.0 Russia Russia, UK Millhouse Capital
68. Jim Walton 56 52 20.8 United States United States Wal-Mart
69. John Walton 51 58 20.7 United States United States Wal-Mart
70. Liliane Bettencourt 85 85 20.7 France France L'Oréal
70. Samuel Robson Walton 61 57 20.6 United States United States Wal-Mart
71. Edward Stephen Harkness 66 66 20.5 United States United States Standard Oil
72. Alice Walton 54 50 20.5 United States United States Wal-Mart
73. Helen Walton 82 87 20.5 United States United States Wal-Mart
74. Sheldon Adelson 72 72 20.5 United States United States Las Vegas Sands
75. Henry M. Flagler 83 83 20.2 United States United States Florida East Coast Railway
76. James Buchanan Duke 68 68 20.2 United States United States Catawba Power Company
77. Israel Thorndike 87 87 19.5 United States United States China trade
78. William S. O'Brien 53 53 18.9 United States United States Consolidated Virginia Mining Company
79. Isaac Merritt Singer 63 63 18.6 United States United States Singer Sewing Machine Company
80. George Hearst 70 70 18.5 United States United States Hearst, Haggin, Tevis and Co
81. John Hancock 70 70 18.4 United States United States Hancock Manor
82. John W. Garrett 64 64 18.4 United States United States Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
83. Stefan Persson 59 59 18.4 Sweden Sweden Hennes & Mauritz
84. John William Mackay 71 71 18.3 United States United States Consolidated Virginia and California
85. Anil Ambani 48 48 18.4 India India Reliance Capital
86. Julius Rosenwald 69 69 18.1 United States United States Sears, Roebuck and Company
87. Theo Albrecht 85 85 17.5 Germany Germany ALDI
88. George F. Baker 91 91 17.4 United States United States Central Railroad of New Jersey
89. Michael Dell 41 42 17.1 United States United States Dell, INC
90. George Washington 67 67 16.9 United States United States Mount Vernon Plantation
91. Anthony N. Brady 79 79 16.8 United States United States Brooklyn Rapid Transit
92. Adolphus Busch 77 77 16.8 United States United States Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
93. John T. Dorrance 67 67 16.7 United States United States Campbell Soup Company
94. Sergey Brin 34 33 16.6 United States United States Google
95. Larry Page 34 34 16.6 United States United States Google
96. George Pullman 66 66 15.8 United States United States Pullman sleeping car
97. Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. 74 74 15.2 United States United States Johnson & Johnson
98. Horace E. Dodge 52 52 14.8 United States United States Oldsmobile Motor Company
99. John F. Dodge 65 65 14.8 United States United States Oldsmobile Motor Company
100. James J. Hill 77 77 14.0 United States United States Great Northern Railway

[edit] Notes

  • Note 1: If the 17 year rule was not factored in this list then Sam Walton would have $110.3 billion, Michael Dell would have a net worth $18.4 billion, and Bill Gates would have $142.3 billion putting him third on the list.
  • Note 2: This list is based on current wealth of the GDP of 2006, the wealth for 2007 is not scheduled to come out until January 2008.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The Wealthiest Americans Ever", New York Times, July 15, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. 
  2. ^ "Richest Americans in History", Forbes, 1998. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. 
  3. ^ "What was the GDP then?", Eh.net, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-08-04. 
  4. ^ "List of Wealthy 100", adherents.com, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-08-09. 
  5. ^ "Wealthy 100", adherents.com, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.