31 No, Mansa Musa (ca. 1280-1337), the King of Timbuku (Mali), was not the richest man in history. That was a lie made up by redditards. (www.youtube.com) posted 26 days ago by RhodesianRidgeback 26 days ago by RhodesianRidgeback +31 / -0 21 comments share 21 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The richest person in history who we can actually assign numbers to was Jakob Fugger. At one point he controlled about 25% of all the money in Europe.