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He’s not even the richest African emmigrant… because Mansa Musa tipped so heavily he broke intercontinental trade dynamics.

The Middle Ages all over again but with more technology and a few individuals relatively richer than Mansa Musa.

Fun facts, Mansa Musa (Musa Keita) who's king in Mali Empire in Western Africa is the richest person ever lived [1].

Also it is hard to compare his wealth to historical figures, such as Mansa Musa.

Nvidia's hedged bet against industry-wide cooperation is making Jensen the 21st century Mansa Musa.

Power/wealth relative to the next most powerful people (like the Mansa Musa story).

Being able to convert assets to another asset at this speed and scale is something state actors and even Mansa Musa could never do.

It is completely irrelevant to them that Mansa Musa was the richest person in the world and a man long before they were born.

My understanding is that there is ample evidence Mansa Musa existed and ruled Mali: it's just the measure of his wealth that is questionable.

> Mansa Musa tipped so heavily he broke intercontinental trade dynamics Thank you for dropping this fun fact.

Reminds me of the story of Mansa Musa, and how he took a trip once and it affected the economies of the areas he visited for generations.

I suspect that many zeros were unheard of in pre industrial times, making most hundred billionaires richer than Mansa Musa even in absolute terms.

Pre-wikipedia days means you would likely have found me hunched over a 14" VGA monitor reading articles about giant devil rays and mansa musa in Microsoft Encarta as a kid.

Mansa Musa was richest person of its time (maybe ever), where do you thing it came from!?

Mansa Musa was so rich he decreased the local gold to silver exchange rate in Egypt by 12% without ANY modern technology!

Mansa Musa didn't have a Ferrari F40, or an RTX4090, or air conditioning.