Who is the richest person ever to live on this planet?

The list compiled by the Celebrity Net Worth website spans a 1000 year period, and ranks the world's 24 richest people "of all time". read more

Second on the list is the Rothschild family, whose descendants are still among the richest people on the planet. Starting out in banking, in the late 18th Century, Mayer Amschel Rothschild’s finance house accumulated a total wealth of $350 billion. read more

The richest people ever are all men. Sadly No women cracked the top 25. 14 out of the 25 people are Americans. Bill Gates is the richest American and the richest person still alive on this list. Carlos Slim Helu, the former richest person in the world, did not even crack the top 20. read more

However, none of these people are the number one richest person to have ever lived. It is difficult to truly know who the wealthiest person to have ever lived was, however, we do have a list of the ten wealthiest people who have ever lived, with their money adjusted to today’s dollars. read more