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He's African! How the richest man ever earned and lost his huge fortune

Mansa Musa's wealth was much greater than Augustus Caesar's estimated $4.6trillion.

He was the richest person in history, whose wealth was too vast to be imagined, or ever equalled.

Even today’s mega-rich, like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with an estimated fortune of $131 billion doesn't get close to African emperor Mansa Musa.

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