July
29
/ 2022
In 2022, Forbes has named Elon Musk as the richest person in the world today. But his $219 billion is said to be nothing compared to the tremendous wealth of a 14th Century West African ruler named Mansa Musa (Musa I of Mali). Mansa Musa ruled the kingdom of Mali from 1312 to 1337 and was so rich and extravagant in his spending that he wrecked the Egyptian economy, for more than a decade, just by passing through! The Malian ruler amassed his fortune, estimated at over $400 billion (adjusted for inflation), through the mining of salt and gold in his kingdom. He first caught the world’s attention, and continues to be famous today, for his epic hajj, the Muslim
