Meet Mansa Musa, the African emperor & world’s richest man ever

Jul 26, 2023 Shamayita Dey

Mansa Musa, the African emperor of 14th century, who is believed to be the richest man ever to live on earth.

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Mansa Musa, who was born in 1280 AD, ruled the large Mali kingdom in West Africa for a while. In 1312 AD, Mansa Musa was crowned king

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His fortune was almost $400 billion USD, adjusted for inflation which is still double than that of Musk and Bezos.

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Mansa Musa’s abundant natural resources were they key areas that contributed to his wealth, gold mined to the south and salt from northern regions

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Mansa Musa reportedly travelled to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, with 100 camels, enormous sums of gold, 12,000 servants, and 60,000 slaves

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He might have carried on his hajj as much as 18 tonnes of gold, which is worth more over US$957 million in 2022.

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