Top 15 World’s Richest People Of All Time – Bill Gates Is Not Even On The List

4. AUGUSTUS CAESAR – $4.63 TRILLION

The first Roman emperor, who ruled the vast empire from 27 BC until his death in AD 14, boasted a personal fortune equivalent to 20% of the entire empire’s economy, worth $4.63 trillion nowadays. At one point Augustus even owned Egypt. It wasn’t to last however. Poor economic performance and a succession of military failures plagued his final years.