Greetings, fellow curious minds! Today, we're going to delve into the fascinating life of Mansa Musa, Mansa Musa was the wealthiest person in history, and we're going to find out how he got there.
Mansa Musa was the ruler of the Mali Empire, located in what is now West Africa. But he wasn't just any ruler. He was the kind of guy who had so much gold that he made Scrooge McDuck look like a penny-pincher. And we're not talking about a few gold coins here and there. We're talking about so much gold that he caused inflation wherever he went. That's right, folks. Mansa Musa was the OG influencer. He could walk into a market and throw around so much cash that the price of goods would skyrocket for months afterward.