Wealthy historical figures 2006

Wealthy historical figures 2006

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. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Wealthiest Americans Ever |url=http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/20070715_GILDED_GRAPHIC.html# |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=July 15, 2007 |accessdate=2007-06-21 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Richest Americans in History |url=http://members.forbes.com/asap/1998/0824/032.html |quote= |publisher=Forbes |date=1998 |accessdate=2007-06-21 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=What was the GDP then?|url=http://eh.net/hmit/gdp/ |quote= |publisher=Eh.net |date=2006 |accessdate=2007-08-04 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=List of Wealthy 100 |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/100_business.html |quote= |publisher=adherents.com |date=2006 |accessdate=2007-08-09 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wealthy 100 |url=http://www.scottwinslow.com/2002/wealthy.asp |quote= |publisher=adherents.com |date=2006 |accessdate=2007-08-09 ]

Notes

*fnb|1If 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.
*fnb|2This list is based on current wealth of the GDP of 2006, the wealth for 2007 is not scheduled to come out until January 2008.

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