Rishi Sunak will become the wealthiest ever prime minister of the U.K., with his family's personal fortune surpassing even that of the royals.
According to historians, the richest person ever to walk the earth was a man named Mansa Musa, a 14th century West African ruler, whose wealth was simply “indescribable” and “incomprehensible”, per the BBC.
Salman of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's current monarch is Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. As of this writing, his net worth is $20 billion.
At the top of the list of richest royals is the royal family of Saudi Arabia, whose current king is Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The royal family comprises around 15,000 members and has a net worth of around $1.4 trillion (140000 crores), well above any other monarchy.
Occupied Royal Palaces, such as Buckingham Palace, are not the private property of The Queen. They are occupied by the Sovereign and held in trust by Crown Estates for future generations. The Queen privately owns two properties, Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House, which are not publicly funded.
The title "King of the World" refers to Manu (whose name appears in the ancient Greek king's name Minos) and is to be distinguished from the "Prince of this world" which refers to Satan in the Gospels (the two words being different in Hebrew and Arabic).
No one has yet claimed the title of trillionaire, although the speed at which the world's wealthiest individuals have grown their fortunes suggests that it could happen in just a few years.
It's estimated to be worth over a billion dollars and provides a yearly income that came to $24 million in 2021.
Of the 21 individuals who stand a chance of reaching this phenomenal milestone in their lifetime, Elon Musk is predicted to be the first. When the first billionaire was announced in 1916 this colossal figure must have seemed even more unreachable than it is today.
This is where the family tends to greet visitors and crowds, and serves as the administrative offices of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The property is valued at $4.9 billion.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan no longer receive money from the Royal Family, and earn their income from commercial arrangements.
What does the Queen receive from the government? For 2021-2022 the Sovereign Grant was set at £86.3m - equivalent to £1.29 per person in the UK. This does not include security costs.
However, numerous sources cite King Sargon of Akkad as the first king in human history, or rather, the first king that was not considered a myth or legend. Sargon is believed to have ruled over a vast and agriculturally rich empire called Mesopotamia circa 2330 BCE.
1. Ashoka The Great. Ashoka, also known as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
Zeus – King of all Gods.
The Du Pont family fortune began in 1803, but they became an extraordinarily wealthy family by selling gunpowder during the American Civil War. By World War I, the DuPont family produced virtually all American gunpowder. In 1968, Ferdinand Lundberg declared the Du Pont fortune to be America's largest family fortune.
During the 19th century, the Rothschild family possessed the largest private fortune in the world, as well as in modern world history. The family's wealth declined over the 20th century, and was divided among many descendants.
The Crown Estate belongs to the reigning monarch 'in right of The Crown', that is, it is owned by the monarch for the duration of their reign, by virtue of their accession to the throne. But it is not the private property of the monarch - it cannot be sold by the monarch, nor do revenues from it belong to the monarch.
Current estimates place the value of the British Crown Jewels between $4 to $6 billion. Today, the British Crown Jewels are kept in the Tower of London and represent over 800 years of the history of the British monarchy. The Imperial State Crown is one of the most famous of the items housed there.
They are part of the Royal Collection, held in trust by the monarch for the nation. Since the 1600s the 'Crown Jewels' have been protected at the Tower of London.