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ANSWER: Carnegie ($298.3 billion) > Gates ($101 billion). Carnegie is number two overall; Bill barely cracks the Top 20. Carnegie ($298.3 billion) > Gates ($101 billion). Carnegie is number two overall; Bill barely cracks the Top 20.
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ANSWER: Hancock ($19.3 billion) > Soros ($8.5 billion). Hancock wins this bout between politically active financiers; plus he got A’s in penmanship. Hancock ($19.3 billion) > Soros ($8.5 billion). Hancock wins this bout between politically active financiers; plus he got A’s in penmanship.
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ANSWER: Pulitzer ($12 billion) > Murdoch ($9 billion). Murdoch Murdered in Match of Media Moguls! How’s that for a sensationalist headline? Pulitzer ($12 billion) > Murdoch ($9 billion). Murdoch Murdered in Match of Media Moguls! How’s that for a sensationalist headline?
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Adolphus Busch (as in Anheuser-Busch)
ANSWER: Washington ($17.7 billion) > Busch ($17.6 billion). The first president edges out the King of Beers. Washington ($17.7 billion) > Busch ($17.6 billion). The first president edges out the King of Beers.
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John Jacob Astor (the first recorded American millionaire)
John D. Rockefeller (the first recorded billionaire)
ANSWER: Rockefeller ($318.3 billion) > Astor ($115 billion). Rockefeller is number one on the list, the richest human being in history. Rockefeller ($318.3 billion) > Astor ($115 billion). Rockefeller is number one on the list, the richest human being in history.
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ANSWER: Franklin ($10.3 billion) > Branson ($7.8 billion). Poor Richard beats poor Richard. Franklin ($10.3 billion) > Branson ($7.8 billion). Poor Richard beats poor Richard.
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ANSWER: Walton ($128 billion) > Woolworth ($11.3 billion). Regardless, Woolworth still made a lot in nickels and dimes. Walton ($128 billion) > Woolworth ($11.3 billion). Regardless, Woolworth still made a lot in nickels and dimes.
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Sergey Brin and Larry Page
ANSWER: Ford ($188.7 billion) > Brin and Page ($37.4 billion). The Tin Lizzie trounces Google! Ford ($188.7 billion) > Brin and Page ($37.4 billion). The Tin Lizzie trounces Google!
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ANSWER: Elizabeth I ($142 billion) > Elizabeth II ($26.2 billion). Good Queen Bess bests her successor. Elizabeth I ($142 billion) > Elizabeth II ($26.2 billion). Good Queen Bess bests her successor.
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ANSWER: Buffett ($52.4 billion) > Morgan ($39.8 billion). Morgan was able to bail the government out of the Panic of 1907, but his fortune is easily eclipsed by that of the current richest person. Buffett ($52.4 billion) > Morgan ($39.8 billion). Morgan was able to bail the government out of the Panic of 1907, but his fortune is easily eclipsed by that of the current richest person.
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Liliane Bettencourt (Heiress to the L’Oreal fortune, and currently the world’s richest woman)
ANSWER: L’Oreal’s got nothing on the Ptolemaic Dynasty. L’Oreal’s got nothing on the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
