All Time Top 5 Richest Women in the World
I was inspired to look back at history and single out the richest women of all time. This list from Neatorama takes a good look at the top ten richest men in history. Although today when we think of the richest men we might think of Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, the richest man in history was indeed John D. Rockafeller. The top five richest women in history are also not necessarily from our time. Keep reading to find out about the top 5 richest women in world, throughout history.
Elizabeth I of England
Peak Wealth: $142.9 Billion USD
Elizabeth I inherited her wealth after rising to the throne of England. Her life before the throne was full of commotion as her family members were all vying for the crown. She narrowly escaped death many times. After she took a hold of the crown her life was far from simplified. She ruled for forty-five years and provided a consistent government for England that helped form a sense of nationality among the people of England. Elizabeth I never married and the reasons for this are unclear. Perhaps she did not want the interference of another country or monarch in her government. She took many suitors, but her childhood may have put her off the idea of marriage.
Although near the end of her reign people were starting to speak badly of her, after the next few rulers took over, there was a revival of Elizabethan ideals. She was touted as a great leader of the protestant movement and of a golden age. Elizabeth I is a woman who shaped the course of history. Continue reading »
Do All Self Made Millionaires Use the Law of Attraction?
There are plenty of rich men and women out there. Yet most of us tend to respect those rich people more if they managed to get to where they are on their own, say without inheritance money. In fact, I personally love rags to riches stories and reading about how people made it big through sheer will and determination. Most people might label people as “self-made” when either a man or a woman goes from a regular life to that of a millionaire or billionaire.
My question recently has been about where the law of attraction and the idea of deliberately creating things comes in. For instance, how does the lottery fit in to the self made millionaire definition? Would you consider it to be a fluke or a luck of the draw event? So would lottery winners automatically fall into the category of rich women and men who are not self made and who got it easy? I would like to explore this question, and if you disagree with me I would love to read what you think in the comments section.
After doing some extensive research in the area of the wealthiest women in the world, I discovered that most of the top women actually inherited their wealth. Personally, I don’t think there is anything wrong with gaining tremendous wealth through such means. However, I want this weblog to act as inspiration for the rest of us regular women out there, who want to be able to take charge of our finances and increase our incomes. So I started researching more into the self-made millionaire women out there.
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