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A Timeline Of The Richest Person On Earth Since 1900. Twelve Different People.
Oil and railroads. Web searches and e-commerce. How super-wealth is built has changed since the early 1900s.
There have been roughly 12 people who held the title of Wealthiest Person on Earth since 1900. Hard to win that title. Warren Buffett held it only one year.
Henry Ford held it nine years.
Elon Musk climbed to the top with several companies. But Andrew Carnegie focused on one industry — steel.
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Who held the title, lost it, then regained it twice.
The 1940s business that was worth the most in today’s dollars.
The company that made its owner the wealthiest for the most consecutive years.
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Shane McLendon — Today’s Time Capsule writer
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