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There’s rich. And then there’s Yankees-third-baseman rich and founder-of-Microsoft rich. But when you’re talking about the richest person ever, you have to go all the way to Timbuktu in the 14th century.

CelebrityNetWorth.com has assembled a list of the 25 richest people who ever lived, adjusted for inflation. Topping the list is Mansa Musa I, ruler of the Malian Empire until 1337. His net worth of $400 billion was amassed through his empire’s production of more than half of the world’s supply of gold and salt.