10 Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877)
Playing by the rules, you can not always get rich. Konelius Vanderbilt probably overreacting took these words. In its early years parahodnogo business, he "blew" all its competitors in the same loss ratio only for him to have a point of reference. This ruthless competitors feature of his character was accompanied by Vanderbilt his life, especially when he was building his railroad empire. Perhaps he does not always play by the rules, but always, without exception, to cater for the victory. He left school at the age of 11 to work on ferries in New York, saying later: "If I found out that the kind of education I would not have time to learn something else."
At age 16 he persuaded his mother to lend him $ 100 to buy a boat, with which he started his own business on the transport of goods and passengers from Staten Island to Manhattan and back. A year later he repaid the "loan" in full, earning an additional $ 1,000. It is with this and started his business, he later earned the nickname "Commodore", which has remained with him until the end of his life, even after he "retrained" in the railway business. In spite of all the wealth, and perhaps because of it, Vanderbilt family was not happy. Commodore was constantly thinking of his will, which he called "of the paper." He wanted the money to remain intact, which meant that they had to be in the hands of a successor. Indeed, he renounced all his sons, except William, believing that only William quite ruthless in business and be able to keep the empire afloat.
9 Henry Ford
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - 7 April 1947) was a prominent American industrialist, the founder of Ford Motor Company, as well as sponsor and inspiration of the art assembly of the container mass production. Creating their car Model T revolutionized the world of transportation and American industry. As the owner of Ford Motor Company, he became one of the most famous and richest people in the world. And there was even such a thing as "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high-wage workers, they are made. Ford had a global view of the world, he saw consumerism as the key to everything. He set himself the task of permanent cost reduction of technical and business - innovation, moreover, he invented a system of franchising, thus putting their dealers in most parts of North America and in major cities on six continents.
He left most of his vast wealth Ford Foundation, but now on a regular basis had to manage only the members of his family. He was known throughout the world, especially in the 1920s, when it actively functioning system of Fordism, which was a combination of cheap consumer goods and higher wages, but his antisemitism in the 1920s has been the source of much controversy.
8 Mark Licinius Crassus
This is the "early" historical figure in our list. He was a Roman general and politician who suppressed the slave revolt led by Spartacus. Roman general made a fortune after being bought at low cost homes and belongings of victims of the conquest of Rome by Sulla (Mark was one of the generals Sulla). He then resold them and made a fortune. Being very rich, he always kept in standby mode, a detachment of 500 slaves - qualified builders. Then he was just waiting to happen when the next fire in Rome (and it was a very frequent occurrence), offered to buy at a low price burnt down building and made money on it.
His slaves quickly rebuilt what was destroyed, and he then rented out or resold them with a huge profit. It is believed that Mark made a fortune of 170 million sesterces, equal to the annual budget of the Roman treasury. He was considered the richest man in history, although it has been disputed.
7 Bill Gates
At last count, the state of Bill Gates is estimated at $ 42 billion. Since its birth in every heart he earned for 32.31 dollars. Recently, he donated 200 million to ensure that all libraries in the country were equipped with computers. This is 1/210 of his wealth. He is consistently ranked in the list of the richest people in the world, and from 1995 to 2009, he served in the first place on the list, with the exception of 2008 (when he took third place). During his time at Microsoft, he held the positions of CEO and chief architect of the software, but now he is the largest shareholder, having 8 percent stake. Currently, he devotes more time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in possession of 38.7 billion dollars.
6 Warren Buffett
This is a famous American investor, industrialist and philanthropist. He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world. Often called the "legendary investor Warren Buffett", he is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett became a billionaire on paper when Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares 29 May 1990, and the market closed at a price of 7175 dollars per share. Over the past 35 years, Warren Buffett has become perhaps the greatest investor of all time. If you invested $ 10,000 in Berkshire Hathaway, when he in 1965 took her under his control, today investments would become 50 million. However, this man still lives in the house he bought 30 years ago for 31,500 dollars, drives an old car and a Lincoln Towncar daily throws countless cans of Coca - Cola.
5 Carlos Slim Helu
Mexican communications industry and other industries have been, to put it mildly, kind to Carlos Slim. It is said that in the period between 2005 and 2007, its revenues have doubled. Then his condition every day grew by approximately $ 27 million. Reason for the increase: he owns everything Mexico. More than 200 companies are in his power, since the above-mentioned communication industry and transportation, and ending with cigarettes and soft drinks. He reacted with indifference to the fact that he did not get the title of the richest man in the world, noting that the competition - it was not his path. However, he wants it or not, he is one of the richest men of all time.
4 Nicholas II
Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov), was the last king of Russia. He rules (not very successfully) in 1894, while in 1917 he was forced to abdicate after the Bolsheviks came to power. His reign marked infrequent anti-Semitic pogroms, a crushing defeat in the Russian-Japanese war, revolutions, internal unrest, and illegal interference mystic Rasputin in the policy of the state, as well as in Russia it has gone through the First World War. After the king was deposed, on the orders of Lenin, he and his family were executed. On the life of the last Russian tsar a lot of rumors, myths and legends. Suffice it to say that Nicholas II became the third richest man in the history of the old-fashioned way: he inherited his wealth.
3 Asaf Jah VII
Condition: 210 800 000 000 dollars. Age at time of achieving this state 50 years. Asaf Jah VII was the last ruler of the Princely State of Hyderabad and Berar, before it was captured and annexed to India in 1948. According to the majority, "His Highness" was a benevolent ruler who contributed to the development of education and science. He singled out about a tenth of the budget of the principality to education by making primary education compulsory and available free to the poor. For his 37-year reign, he had witnessed the advent of electricity, the construction of railways and roads, as well as other projects. In 1937, he appeared on the cover of Time, which said that at that time he was the richest man in the world.
2 Sam Walton
His death in 1992 was certainly too early, and he was not able to see the full potential of the empire he created Wal-Mart, though, clearly, Walton and his life has achieved very good results. That he was the one who paved the way for the development of the world system of efficient and cost-effective central warehousing of goods.
1 John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937) - a German - American oil magnate and philanthropist, founder of Standard Oil, which dominated the oil industry. Rockefeller was a revolutionary oil industry and laid the foundation of modern philanthropy. In 1870, he founded the Standard Oil and actively managed it so far, has not yet officially in 1897, not retired. Rockefeller was born in a poor family, his father was his complete opposite, because his whole life spent in coming up with schemes to avoid the real work! Nevertheless, thanks to the efforts of his mother Eliza, pious housewives, John grew up in a hardworking person and 16 litas got his first job as an accountant. Throughout his life he was a supporter of philanthropy, regularly giving 10 percent of their income to charity.
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