The rich and how they got that way : how the wealthiest people of all time from Genghis Khan to Bill Gates made their fortunes / Cynthia Crossen.
Crossen, Cynthia.
2000
HG172.A2 C76 2000 (Mapit)
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The rich and how they got that way : how the wealthiest people of all time from Genghis Khan to Bill Gates made their fortunes / Cynthia Crossen.
Author
Crossen, Cynthia.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780812932676
0812932676
Publication Details
New York : Crown Business, c2000.
Language
English
Description
xxxii, 286 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
HG172.A2 C76 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification
332/.092/2 B
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-271) and index.
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Introduction: the wealthy, then and now
When thieves were kings: Machmud of Ghazni (971-1030)
The raider who came to stay: Genghis Khan (1162-1227)
The man in the middle: Mansa Musa (d. 1332)
Ungodly rich: Pope Alexander VI (1431-1503)
Money begets money: Jacob Fugger (1459-1526)
Dreamers, gamblers, and suckers: John Law (1671-1729)
Men and machines: Richard Arkwright (1732-1792)
Addicted to trade: Howqua (1769-1843)
Outmanning the men: Hetty Green (1834-1916)
The $100 billion man: Bill Gates (b. 1955).

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