00:00 The podcast explores who the richest person in history was, comparing modern business titans to wealthy figures from antiquity.

01:40 The current richest person in the world, Jeff Bezos, may have a net worth of $200 billion, but he wouldn't be able to convert that into cash in the short run, while Bill Gates' net worth would be over $700 billion if he hadn't sold any shares of Microsoft or donated to charity.

03:21 John D. Rockefeller's net worth in 1919, adjusted for inflation, would be around $15 billion today, making him wealthier than Jeff Bezos, but when considering the value of the entire gross domestic product of the United States, Rockefeller's net worth would be around $600 billion today, and compared to the average person, Rockefeller's net worth was about 1.3 million times the average annual salary in 1919, while Bezos' net worth is about 3.5 million times the average annual salary.

05:07 Jacob Fugger, a German banker, had a banking empire and extensive mining operations, and estimates put his net worth at around $400 billion in contemporary dollars, making him a contender for the richest person in history.

06:42 The absolute rulers of countries such as the Saudi royal family, Joseph Stalin, India's Mughal emperor Akbar I, and Jengis Khan had control over vast resources and economies, giving them immense personal wealth.

08:19 Emperor Augustus and Musa I of the Mali empire were both incredibly wealthy, with Augustus having a net worth in the trillions of dollars and Musa I causing the collapse of the Egyptian economy with his excessive spending of gold.

10:04 Mansa Musa's wealth was impressive, but it's impossible to determine if he was the richest person in history; moreover, wealth in the past couldn't buy the comforts and conveniences of the modern world.