A Complete List of the Richest People Throughout History

Bernard Arnault

Bernard, a French art collector and business magnate, is currently worth around $76 billion dollars. He is the richest person in the fashion industry and donated $200 million to the repair of the Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire.

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  • Bill Gates plans to donate 95% of his $81.1 billion dollar wealth to charity. That's about $77 billion dollars!
  • The world's oldest operating library is in Morocco.
  • In 2009, Burger King launched a campaign that if you unfriended 10 friends on Facebook, you were entitled to a free Whopper. The person you unfriended would get a message telling them that their friendship is worth less than a Whopper.
  • Nearly 15 percent of Los Angeles is used as a parking lot.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.