Issue #22 - "Too Rich to Describe"

Broster - A combination of a bro and a hipster. Has the party-loving attitude of a bro, the pretentious taste of a hipster, but is somewhere in between. 

Richest People in History
With the recent movement of Jeff Bezos into the position of richest person in the world, brief research ensued in searching for the richest historical figures in todays dollars.

10. Genghis Khan (1162-1227) - Large Land Area of Mongol Empire stretching from China to Europe.

9. Bill Gates - $86 Billion - Microsoft

8. Jeff Bezos - $105 Billion - Amazon

7. Andrew Carnegie - (1835-1919) - $372 Billion - The Scottish immigrant sold his company, US Steel, to J.P Morgan for $480 Million in 1901. Worth roughly 2.1% of US GDP at the time.

6. John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) - $392 Billion - By 1880 his Standard Oil controlled 90% of American Oil production. At the time of his death he was worth roughly 2% of U.S economic output.

5. Emperor Shenzong (1048-1085) - Ruled empire with 25% of global GDP. His rule was during the Song dynasty and wealth came from technological innovations and skilled taxation.

4. Catherine the Great (1729-1796) - 5.4% of Global GDP - ($1.5 Trillion) as ruler of Russian Empire.

3. Empress Wu (624-705)- 22.6 % of Global GDP - 15 year reign expanded Chinese Empire deep into central Asia. Trade of tea and silk allowed for more than 300 units of currency produced.

2. Augustus Caesar (63 BC-14 AD) - 30% world's economic output ($4.6 Trillion) - At one point he personally owned all of Egypt.

1. Mansa Musa (1280-1337) - "Too rich to describe" - King of Timbuktu, his West African Mali Empire was the largest producer of gold in the world.
- Made a pilgrimage to Mecca with an entourage of tens of thousands of soldiers, civilians, and slaves, 500 heralds bearing gold staffs, many horses & camels, and an abundance of gold bars.
- Spent so much money in Cairo, and donated much to the poor, that it caused mass inflation which took years to recover.

Good News
A Pug Cafe exists in Kyoto, Japan.

Relevant Music
Rich Girl - Hall & Oates
Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious BIG