When it came to wealth in the Medieval Era, the history books would make you think that only noble families held wealth. Whilst this is mostly true, there was one family that was the exception to this rule: the Fugger family. The personal bankers and financiers of dukes, princes, kings, Read more…
Today, names like Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are synonymous with “wealth”. For the Medieval world, the name Jakob Fugger had the same implications. Yet, adjusted for inflation, Fugger was richer than Buffett, Gates and Bezos combined! Indeed, Jakob Fugger was so rich that he was known as Read more…
Looking on the Forbes 400, you’ll see businessmen like Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett are worth billions of dollars. But what if I told you that they weren’t necessarily the richest businessmen to have ever lived?! Not only are we going to look at the richest businessmen who Read more…