The Wealthiest Americans in History
Fortune published the updated list of the wealthiest people in American history, using their networth as a % of GDP to standardize figures. Some I had never heard of and some I was surprised by. I was also amazed that at his peak, John D Rockefeller's wealth = 1/65th total GDP...
Name Net Worth %of GDP
1. Rockefeller $1.4B 1/65
2. Cornelius Vanderbilt $105m 1/87
3. John Jacob Astor $20m 1/107
4. Stephen Girard $7.5m 1/150 (who???)
5. Bill Gates $82B 1/152
6. Andrew Carnegie $475m 1/166
7. Alexander Stewart $50m 1/178 (who again..Merchant Prince?)
8. Frederick Weyerhauser $200m 1/182
9. Jay Gould $77m 1/185
10.Stephen Van Rensslelaer $10m 1/194

