Mansa Musa I of Mali – ruler of the Malian Empire which is now modern day Ghana, Timbuktu and Mali, has been labeled as the richest person to have ever lived.
The obscure leader was born in 1280 and had a personal net worth of $400 billion (£248 billion) by the time he died in 1337.
The list Mansa Musa topped was compiled by website Celebrity Net Worth, who put together a 25-strong list spanning 1,000 years.
The list of the world’s richest ever is said to have a combined wealth of $4.317 trillion (£2.678 trillion), of just the 25 names alone.
Only three people on the list are still living today – Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates, Mexican Business mogul Carlos Slim Helu and US investor Warren Buffett.
The infamous Rothschild family made second place, with John D. Rockefeller coming in as top three. Over half on the list – 14 out of the top 25 – are Americans.
View the full list below of the world’s richest people ever.
LIST OF TOP 25 RICHEST EVER, ACCORDING TO CELEBRITY NET WORTH
1 Mansa Musa I, born 1280, Net Worth $400 Billion (£248 billion)
2 The Rothschild Family, born 1744, Net Worth $350 Billion (£217 billion)
3 John D. Rockefeller, born 1839, Net Worth $340 Billion (£211 billion)
4 Andrew Carnegie, born 1835, Net Worth $310 Billion (£192 billion)
5 Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, born 1868, Net Worth $300 Billion (£186 billion)
6 Mir Osman Ali Khan, born 1886, Net Worth $230 billion (£142 billion)
7 William The Conqueror, born 1028, Net Worth $229.5 Billion (£142 billion)
8 Muammar Gaddafi, born 1942, Net Worth $200 Billion (£124 billion)
9 Henry Ford, born 1863, Net Worth $199 Billion (£123 billion)
10 Cornelius Vanderbilt, born 1794, Net Worth $185 Billion (£114 billion)
11 Alan Rufus, born 1040, $178.65 billion (£110 billion)
12 Bill Gates, born 1955, Net Worth $136 Billion (£84 billion)
13 William de Warenne, birth unknown, died 1088, Net Worth $147.13 Billion (£91 billion)
14 John Jacob Astor, born 1763, Net Worth $121 Billion (£75 billion)
15 Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel, born 1306, Net Worth $118.6 Billion (73 billion)
16 John of Gaunt, born 1340, Net Worth $110 Billion (£68 billion)
17 Stephen Girard, born 1750, Net Worth $105 Billion (£65 bilion)
18 A.T. Stewart, born 1803, Net Wort $90 Billion (£55 billion)
19 Henry Duke of Lancaster, born 1301, Net Worth $85.1 Billion (£52 billion)
20 Friedrich Weyerhauser, born 1834, Net Worth $80 Billion (£49 billion)
21 Jay Gould, born 1836, Net Worth $71 Billion (£44 billion)
22 Carlos Slim Helu, born 1940, Net Worth $68 Billion (£42 billion)
22 Stephen Van Rensselaer, born 1764, Net Worth $68 Billion (£42 billion)
23 Marshall Field, born 1834, Net Worth $66 Billion (£40 billion)
24 Sam Walton, born 1918, Net Worth $65 Billion (£40 billion)
25 Warren Buffett, born 1930, Net Worth $64 Billion (£39 billion)
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